NSA Chief Wants Internet Partitioned For Government, 'Critical' Industries

Posted by timothy on Thursday September 23, 2010 @10:11AM from the little-cubbies-for-everything dept.

GovTechGuy writes "NSA chief Keith Alexander, also the head of the US Cyber Command, told reporters that he would like to see the creation of a secure zone on the Internet for government and critical private sector industries such as utility companies and the financial sector. Alexander has repeatedly emphasized the dramatic nature of the cyber threat facing American networks and his comments were a further sign that the Pentagon does not think the war against foreign hackers can be won. Alexander denied the military has any role in safeguarding civilian networks currently, but didn't rule out the option in the future."

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the best government is no government by NemoinSpace · 2010-09-23 10:33 · Score: 0, Flamebait

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the country's critical infrastructure, 85 percent of which is owned by private companies. He said the agencies may need additional powers to take action during a cyber attack.
Seems to me the best way to improve security on the nations privately owned networks would be to cut the cable to the NSA. If the government want's to improve their internal networks, tell them to stop issuing laptops to morons who "lose" them.

I wonder what "additional powers" he has in mind? Isn't the Patriot Act draconian enough? When it comes to nationalizing private resources, I suppose this administration is warming up to Cuba more than ever :).