Bush urged to get to grips with cybersecurity

A cybersecurity group yesterday called on US President George Bush to invest more in IT issues and to make the top IT security job a bigger posting.

The Cyber Security Industry Alliance recommended a 12-point programme to the White House, including ratification of the Council of Europe’s Convention on Cybercrime and assigning a federal agency to track the costs of cyber-attacks.

"Everyone’s saying this is costing us billions of dollars a year," said Paul Kurtz, executive director of the CSIA. "But do we really have a firm handle on this ? And how do we know if we’re doing better ?"

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