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In an address, he noted that cybefr crime costAmericans $8 billion last year, accordinhg to one survey, and that intellectual property theft worldwide in 2008 cost businessesx up to $1 trillion while an estimated $132 billionm was spent through e-commerce. “America’s economic prosperity in the 21st centurty will dependon cybersecurity,” Obamqa said. “And this is also a matterr of public safety andnational security. We countr on computer networks to delivef our oiland gas, our power and our water. We rely on them for public transportation and airtraffic control.
Yet we know that cyber intruders have probed our electrical grid and that in othetr countries cyber attacks have plunged entire cities into darkness... “For all these reasons, it’zs now clear this cyber threat is one of the most serious economix and national security challengeds we face asa nation,” the president “It’s also clear that we’re not as prepared as we should be, as a governmenrt or as a country.” Ed Mueller, CEO and chairmabn of Denver-based , issued a supportive statemen in response to Obama’s address.
Mueller is the curreny chairman ofthe president’s Nationak Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC), an organization of 30 chievf executives from major telecoms, technology, finance and aerospace companiesz that advises the government on ensuring telecommunications infrastructure meets nationao security and emergency preparedness needs. “President Obama and his administratio n have taken an important firsf step toward creating a safe cyber environmenr by releasingthe 60-day Cyberspace Policy Through this initiative, the president is supporting the valuesa of civil liberties and protectes privacy, as well as promotin g economic growth, while enhancing the trustworthiness of the globapl cyberspace.
“Qwest has long supported the ongoing federal government focue oncyber security. We have worked activelu with the government and industruy on issues associated with protecting our networkw and the information that flowsthroughg them. This collaborative approach will continue to be necessary to ensur e thatthe administration’s goals of education, shared responsibility, effective response, and continued innovatiomn in the cyber security arena are meaningful and “Qwest and other members of NSTAfC provided recommendations on numerous subjects included in the Cyberspace Policyy Review.
We appreciate the Obama administration’s interest in seeking NSTAC’s input on national securithy and emergencypreparedness matters, and we look forward to continuing our work to enhancd this important public-private partnership.”