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| The White House is proposing a big increase in cybersecurity research and development in next year's budget to improve, in part, its ability to reduce the risk of insider threats, and ensure the safety of control systems such as those used at power plants. In detailing their 2012 budget proposal on Monday, White House officials didn't mention WikiLeaks and its release of tens of thousands of diplomatic cables and military documents, or the ability of the Stuxnet worm to damage Iran's nuclear control systems. But the fingerprints of both these incidents on this budget proposal seemed clear enough. Philip Coyle, associate director for national security , said at the budget briefing on Monday that the administration is proposing 'considerable growth' in cybersecurity research. The Deptartment of Homeland Security formed teams last year to test power plants for cybersecurity weaknesses. |
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