Mitchell Cobert: Cybersecurity: We Must Act Now
Mitchell Cobert, Democratic Congressional Candidate for New Jersey 11, wrote a Medium post on the need to act now on cybersecurity in response to the recent United States and British governments announcing the first-of-its-kind joint warning about the scope and threat of Russian cyberattacks.
Cyberattacks: We Must Act Now
Excerpts:
“…the fact remains that cyberattacks can and will continue to cause extensive damage and financial losses, leading to paralyzing meltdowns. Collectively, the financial industry, regulatory agencies, and governmental cybersecurity experts must work together to prevent cyber attacks from crippling financial systems. Long-term, independent and/or secure subsystems to the Internet need to be established, especially for the financial industry, the military, and critical governmental agencies, and access to the Internet may need to be limited, as determined by experts and regulators.”
“If elected to Congress, I will be a fierce advocate for greater regulation on the disclosure of cybersecurity breaches. I will push for state governments to secure their critical systems — like elections — and ensure that the private sector is doing its part to secure its data systems. It is necessary to give all of our institutions, private and governmental, the tools and capability to provide a robust defense to these threats.”
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