In testimony before the House Subcommittee on Cyber Security Wednesday ISAlliance President Larry Clinton said “We are past the time for simple education about cyber security. Now is the time for action.”

“However, for industry and government to create an effective system we need a fundamental rethinking about how we address these issues. The Internet is unlike anything we have dealt with before and will require a solution unlike what we have tried before,” Clinton said.

According to Clinton, “The threat to the nation’s infrastructure is very, very serious, and growing.” He cited the massive increase in Internet use over an inherently insecure system coupled with an increase in more sophisticated attacks motivated not by publicity but “money, and more insidiously power and destruction” as reasons for the more serious threat.

ISAlliance Board Vice Chair Mike Hickey also testified describing the tremendous efforts already underway to combat the threat and identified pragmatic initiatives that government can take to assist in this effort.

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Larry Clinton written testimony

Mike Hickey written testimony