White House Tackling the Economics of Cybersecurity

GovTechGuy writes "White House Cybersecurity czar Howard Schmidt will be hosting a meeting Wednesday with the Secretaries of DHS and Commerce in which he is expected to discuss the administration's new attempt to change the economic incentives surrounding cybersecurity. Right now, launching attacks on private companies is so cheap and relatively risk-free that there's almost no way that industry can win. The White House could be considering things like tax incentives, liability and insurance breaks, and other steps to try and get companies to invest in protecting their networks. It's also likely to dovetail with a step up in enforcement, so hackers be wary."

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So the moral of this story is as follows: those too ignorant and lazy to secure the networks they provide will suffer, and those who subscribe / utilize those networks will suffer even more. Those who point out the errors and vulnerabilities in said networks will be labeled 'teh evil haxors' and face prosecution. Those who secure their networks will receive taxpayer dollars.

So now the assbag super-telcos that have been to lazy to adequately secure their infrastructure have a legitimate reason to upgrade. The taxpayers are funding it!