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The U.S. government will be able to protect privacy even as it moves forward with cybersecuritynprotections, said Jane Holl Lute, deputy secretary of Homeland Security. "Only Facebook really knowsneverybody's birthday," she said at an event Friday sponsored by Google and Bloomberg. "So when wentalk about this, we are really entering into a new era of our information, ownership, we're thinking everynday about how to operate, how to keep this country safe, secure, and resilient, while protecting and preservingnyour rights." Lute cited the Transportation Security Administration's wide-reaching security effortsnto show that the administration has demonstrated it can protect people's personal and private information.n"In the past 10 years, more people have moved through the systems of TSA than there are on thenplanet," Lute said. "More than 7 billion people have moved through security systems of TSA, and wenhave not had one privacy incident. Not one. We can protect your information." Cybersecurity is an areanthe administration spends a lot of time on, Lute said. Although governments don't have the same latitudenin cybersecurity they do in traditional security, Lute said, the U.S. government will continue to act to ensurenthe safety of its citizens. "Governments own security space. But that's not necessarily true in cyber,"nshe said. "That has not been how the Internet has evolved, spontaneously and organically over the pastncouple of years. That assignment has not been given to government. But this government is not standingnstill. There are threats posed to this society in cyberspace, and we are taking action to play a role in ensuringnthat ... we can build the nation's finest cybereconomy and that we have cybersecurity for all. That'snwhat you're seeing play out in the executive order." President Barack Obama signed an executive ordernon cybersecurity earlier this year (CD Feb 14 p1).