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US and Canada Launch Joint Cybersecurity Plan
wiredmikey writes "Canada and the United States announced Friday they were launching a joint cybsersecurity plan that aims to better protect critical digital infrastructure and improve the response to cyber incidents. Under the action plan, the US Department of Homeland Security and Public Safety Canada will cooperate to protect vital cyber systems and respond to and recover from any cyber disruptions, by improving collaboration on managing cyber incidents between their respective cyber security operation centers, enhancing information sharing and engagement with the private sector and pursuing US-Canadian collaboration to promote cyber security awareness to the public."
Coding is probably hoping to contain a lot of "eh"
How many secret laws had to be passed by our Harper dictator in order for that to happen?
Is there any sane country left on this planet? How about The Netherlands?
If added more CYBER to my diet (and vocabulary) the world would be a safe, happy place. Butterflies would sky dance above the meadows.
Under the action plan, the US Department of Homeland Security and Public Safety Canada will cooperate to
send lots of money in no bid contracts to major campaign donors
improve the response to cyber incidents
fill viagra prescriptions for pennies on the dollar in Canada?
"Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
Apparently TFA was an attempt to use the word cyber as many times as cybernetically possible in a single cyber article.
(1) Stop connecting critical shit to the internet.
(2) Don't use WIndows.
Look this can never work. Just imagine if Canada made a car. Instead of gas it would guzzle freedom straight down and pump it back out into the air supply as flouride. Obviously this is the government trying to take your freedom from us. This is the last straw. Imagine if you bought a car and it said it was going to move to Canada. This is just what these jokers want from us!
.. expand on IP and copyright abuse.
I do hope they don't forget about cyberfunding their cyberdefense cyberplan with cybermoney that doesn't turn around and go straight into the cyberpockets of the cyberterrorists they're trying to combat. Cyber.
The real culprits here are the companies releasing non-free software. If we properly funded free software projects and removed the security prone "features" the majority of these issues would be solved. Instead we steal good money from tax payers to fund monopolies.
"Cyber Canada and the Cyber United States announced Cyber Friday they were cyber-launching a cyber-joint cybsersecurity cyberplan that cyberaims to cyberbetter cyberprotect cybercritical cyberdigital cyberstructure and cyberimprove the cyberresponse to cybercyber cyberincidents. Under the cyberaction cyberplan, the Cyber US Cyber Department of Cyber Homeland Cyber Security and Cyber Public Cyber Safety Cyber Canada will cybercooperate to cyberprotect cybervital cybercyber cybersystems and cyberrespond to and cyberrecover from any cybercyber cyberdisruptions, by cyberimproving cybercollaboration on cybermanaging cybercyber cyberincidents cyberbetween their cyberrespective cybercyber cybersecurity cyberoperation cybercenters, cyberenhancing cyberinformation cybersharing and cyberengagement with the cyberprivate cybersector and cyberpursuing Cyber-US-Cyber-Canadian cybercollaboration to cyberpromote cybercyber cybersecurity cyberawareness to the cyberpublic."
Welcome to the 1980!
Have a nice cyberday in cyberspace!
Great. Since the net infrastructure of both countries is tightly interconnected, this means that whenever the US wants to do something shady, they can now do it it Canada, and viceversa. In fact, it makes it very easy to bypass local law and regulations...
For those not up on our current government, what really happened was the American government phoned up Canada and said "We've decided that you need to tie your cyber infrastructure into ours, and accept whatever controls we demand of it."
Where upon our Prime Minister jumps to his feet, tugs his forelock and chirps "Yes! Sir!"
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Since it doesn't take millions of dollars to figure out "don't connect critical infrastructure to the internet", I assume this is more pandering to the corporations/media industries and not really about protection of infrastructure..
The US is under prepared for a real cyber war
I just love these FUD MiM post
It amuses me the US couldn't even contain that massive leak valued at 5x the GDP of the US what makes them think they have a real chance at a war with technology beyond their own?
Say Christmas Island is close to Bali what crime happened in that area on Dec 26th something massive the killed hundreds of thousands of ppl... Darn it sucks what crimes where in that leak - guess not only China, US, & Russia can make earthquakes now
Now i am scared
Joint effort to launder taxpayer money.
Some of those pork barrels have Canadian bacon.
Critical infrastructure should not be accessible on the internet. People who don't need access shouldn't have access. I don't see why we all need to revisit this all the bloody time.
No more power or 'plans' are needed.
When told to jump, Harper asks how high on the way up by his keepers.
This is yet another means for those of you south of the border to have your rights ignored through the use of a foreign agency to do the spying for your stable masters. If we are good boys up here... we might get a reach around.
The U.S. is gonna take their cyber and combine it with Canada's cyber, and they are going to jointly communicate about all things cyber related. If a cyber attack is detected on U.S. or Canadian 'ground' you can bet we are gonna take our cybers out and kick the cyber out of them!
We share a lot of resources, power grids, transportation networks, and airspace. We formed NORAD 60 years ago to defend North America from air attacks across the North Pole and to manage airspace along our border. Today we work to patrol North American airspace whenever we have a lot pilot or a hijacked airplane. It only makes sense to build a united front against digital attacks on our infrastructure.
Only the dead have seen the end of War. - Plato
that is all..
It sounds web 2.0 compliant, I better read this.