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Government devotes more brainpower and money to cybersecurity

Government devotes more brainpower and money to cybersecurity.  Walter Pincus of the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, 6/22/10 that: "Cybersecurity, fast becoming Washington's growth industry of choice, appears to be in line for a multibillion-dollar injection of federal research dollars, according to a senior intelligence official."

Dawn Meyerriecks, deputy director of national intelligence for acquisition and technology, said that three themes are to be stressed in this upcoming cybersecurity research agenda: 1) "tailored trustworthy spaces," which means creating different security levels for different government and non-government Internet activities; 2) "moving targets," in which the search is for security systems that change constantly to increase uncertainty for hackers; and 3) "economic incentives," which involves seeking to find ways to motivate users to adopt cybersecurity defenses.

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