'We're All at Risk' of Attack, Cyber Chief Says

ACM Technews reported an article published last week about Homeland Security assistant secretary Greg Garcia speaking to the New York City Metro InfraGard Alliance about the significance of cybersecurity. Infragard is an alliance between the FBI, local law enforcement, and the private sector.

Garcia pointed out that more than 85 percent of the nation's critical infrastructures are owned and operated by private industry. He said that partnership is especially significant given that hackers are becoming more sophisticated where malicious code and software can be had very cheaply now on the internet.

"Unfortunately, none of this is going to dissipate if we don't have the same level of coordination and organization our adversaries have against us," Garcia said.

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