The more we hear about the cyber attack on Google, the more we should push the discussion from “whodunit” to “who’s going to stop it.” The focus should be on the need for large American companies with global reach to partner with the government and share cyber intelligence to protect our networks from infiltration and disruption. And the government needs to stop over-classifying and get serious about providing actionable and timely intelligence to companies that can protect their networks. If Google truly is cooperating with NSA as reported, this is the right thing to do, perhaps emboldening more companies to consider their networks as part of our larger national economic and homeland security asset base that needs collaborative protection. This should force a more informed public discussion about what privacy really means to us in the 21st century and what we’re willing to give up (and what we already have given up) to pursue our legitimate security concerns. Bloomberg TV is helping tee up that discussion in the attached clip from Feruay 23, which I encourage you to view. http://www.youtube.com/user/Bloomberg#p/u/10/mVkLYps1YLw
Tags: China, Cyber Security, DHS, foreign investment, Google, hacking, Homeland Security, Internet Security, national security, NSA, privacy, Technology
