How far can the private sector go to
protect its data? Ellen Nakashima
compiles an enlightening article in which she cites numerous sources who
believe that companies need to be more proactive in defense of their
intellectual property. Cited numerous
times throughout the article is Steven Chabinsky, former top cyber lawyer for
the FBI. Chabinsky calls current US
efforts on cyber security a "failed approach." He strongly believes that companies need to
have the ability to seek out hackers and protect what is rightfully
theirs. Some may see this as giving
companies the ability to peek and pry wherever they want, but Chabinsky is
quoted as “not advocating vigilantism.”
He feels that this issue needs to be discussed and refined so that a
marriage between the rights of companies to protect their property and the
rights of others are protected.
The biggest thing to take away from
this article is the realization that a lot of security experts agree there
needs to be more collaboration between the government and the private
sector. If the two do not learn to be
more proactive in fighting simple hacking or even cyber warfare, such as what I
talked about last week, we could see a situation like the one described by
Michael V Hayden. He believes that
because of the limitations the government has, we will see private cyber
warfare firms similar to Blackwater.
This type of firm could enter us into a slippery slope. All we have to do is look at what has
happened in Iraq and Afghanistan to see what some private cyber army might be
capable of doing.
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