Can you talk about the private sector role in cybersecurity?
Kevin Coleman: The President’s plan (as described at a very high level) and legislation from Senator Rockefeller are a good first start effort but once again unless you have somebody that can mandate certain actions be taken and those actions be done in a reasonable short period of time; it may be too late – this all takes a big investment. The private sector is looking for Washington to foot the bill for this and they are likely not to take much action until there is some type of movement in Washington D.C either to give them tax credits or some kind of an incentive to put the money in place to fortify these systems. The New New Internet: What is your view of the cyber command that Secretary Gates talked about? Kevin Coleman: U.S. StratCom has launched initiatives that they have had around counterfeit hardware and counterfeit software, cyber militias and they are currently working on one on cyber law so they are moving. The issue of Cyber Command’s authority and international policy i
