10.07.2011 - 13:29 [ NextGov ]

Former CIA Director: Build a new Internet to improve cybersecurity

The United States may seriously want to consider creating a new Internet infrastructure to reduce the threat of cyberattacks, said Michael Hayden, President George W. Bush‘s CIA director.

Several current federal officials, including U.S. Cyber Command chief Gen. Keith Alexander, also have floated the concept of a „.secure“ network for critical services such as banking that would be walled off from the public Web.