Federal Efforts to Address Cybersecurity Aren’t Enough, Congressman, Federal Officials Say

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Substantial progress on cybersecurity might require a “cyber Pearl Harbor,” said Rep. Gerry Connolly,nD-Va. Fully addressing the cyberthreat “will require a cyber Pearl Harbor, for the public to fullynunderstand and get mobilized to respond,” he said Wednesday. “If we do have a cyber Pearl Harbor,nwhere something terrible happens because of this vulnerability, the public reaction is going to be verynstrong. And then federal intervention will be inevitable. We won’t be talking about voluntary standards”nanymore, he said on a panel organized by technology media company Fedscoop.