Thursday
Apr302009
Thompson: Cyber Threats Are Out There
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By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service
At a press conference today, Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-Missi) talked about why his Critical Electric Infrastructure Protection Act is necessary. He said, “Right now FERC (The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)has the responsibility for working with the electric industry, but the industry polices itself, so basically what we want to do in this bill, is to give FERC additional authority to require industries to do what’s in their best interests from the cyber standpoint. They’ve been good so far, but now that we know that potential threats are out here and the fact that hacking and other situations have occurred, we think it’s in our best interests that this legislation be put forward today."
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At a press conference today, Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-Missi) talked about why his Critical Electric Infrastructure Protection Act is necessary. He said, “Right now FERC (The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)has the responsibility for working with the electric industry, but the industry polices itself, so basically what we want to do in this bill, is to give FERC additional authority to require industries to do what’s in their best interests from the cyber standpoint. They’ve been good so far, but now that we know that potential threats are out here and the fact that hacking and other situations have occurred, we think it’s in our best interests that this legislation be put forward today."
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