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Today, President Obama will announce a new cyber czar the product of an administration review of the security of Internet infrastructure. Obama will later meet with his National Economic Council, and then visit FEMA headquarters for a briefing on the hurricane season.
He also is expected to call for a new education campaign to raise public awareness of the challenges and threats related to cyber security. How secure is your hardware?
North of the border, former Presidents Clinton and Bush 43 come together for a paid speech at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on the global and domestic challenges facing the U.S. and Canada. It's closed to the media, however.
Congress remains out of session until next week, with the Senate returning Monday and the House on Tuesday.
Today's "cyber czar" effort, coming six weeks after the White House completed a review of cyber threats. "Obama is expected to say that cyber czar security is a top priority of the administration and to call for a new education campaign to raise public awareness of the challenges and threats cyber security involves. ... According to officials familiar with the discussions, the cyber czar would be a special assistant to the president and would be supported by a new cyber directorate within the National Security Council.
Government officials have grown increasingly alarmed as U.S. computer networks are constantly assailed by attacks and scams, ranging from nuisance hacking to more nefarious probes and attacks, including suspicions of cyber espionage by other nations, such as China.
Obama noted that his own computer system for the presidential campaign at one point last year was compromised by hackers, but said the security of the names and financial information on contributors was intact.
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