Thanks
to the prevalence of the internet, society now exists just as much online as it
does in the physical world. As more and more people move online, increasingly
important chunks of the economy and infrastructure follow, from Amazon, to
Wal-Mart, to paying taxes. The massive amount of daily life that relies on the
smooth functioning of the World Wide Web also draws attention from people who
wish to do harm, from terrorists to identity thieves. Cyber-security is used to
protect information and infrastructure from those who wish to harm it.
This article from the Christian Science Monitor describes the actions of Senator Jay
Rockefeller, and his attempt to get a cyber-security bill passed. Rockefeller
wrote the CEOs of the United States’ top 500 businesses in order to get their
opinion on cyber-security and the bill. The attempt at getting the bill passed
last month fell short of the needed votes. A rumored plan that the president
may take to enforce cyber-security in the event that the bill fails has been
circling the web the past few days, however, the bill would be more effective.
This
article shows just how badly America needs to wake up and see just how
unprotected its internet structure is. Cyber-security is going to become a necessity
in the coming years, yet the US Senate refuses to pass a bill in order to
implement it.
