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Experts Push White House for More Cybersecurity In an article in the Palm Beach Post, writer Bob Keefe says the group, known as the Cyber Security Industry Alliance, formally asked the Bush administration to "jump-start the nearly two-year-old National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace." Keefe says the national strategy, drafted after September 11, was designed to be a "blueprint" to protect the Internet from viruses, worms and other attacks. However, Keefe says the DHS’s cybersecurity department has yet to implement many of the strategy’s initiatives. According to Keefe, the Alliance, whose members include chief executives of some of the nation's top technology security companies, also delivered a list of recommendations to improve cybersecurity and called on the government to do a better job of working with private industry. White House spokeswoman Erin Healy told Keefe last week that the administration is still committed to improving cybersecurity. "As far as our commitment, we've put forth the strategy and the president has signed it," she said. "He's committed to it, and we're implementing it and moving forward."
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