President Obama’s term is numbered in the white
house, but doesn’t mean that the president can’t go out with a bang. Forcing
congress to make a move and putting the ball on the playing field and kicking it to
congress. “I’m going to be holding their feet to the fire to make sure they
execute on this in a timely fashion,” Obama.
An article by Tami Abdollah, of Time magazine, The President is
asking for a $19 billion cyber security boost for the national federal
government. The federal government cyber security system can definitely,
benefit a lift in security measures. Especially, after all the scrutiny about the
IRS that has been under the gun with cyber attacks and the IRS system shutting
down and crapping out Time. If, the funding for the cyber security
plan works its way up the federal ladder it would be an increase of more than
35 percent from last year’s funding in the fight against cyber attacks.
The article is an interesting read for a number of
reasons. One, with all this entire presidential candidate running high in the
media we, really do not interpret much on what’s going on inside the white
house lately. The media is there but, it’s not as widely harassed and flamboyant
as the other U.S news coverage. Secondly, it’s very interesting to know that our
government relies on a very outdated cyber system. “Some software systems are
downright ancient, with the Social Security Administration relying on systems
from the 1960s.” Might be a bit of a reach but still 1960’s? Last but not least,
it’s a very beneficial plan that has potential upside for the U.S government defense in
cyber war attacks that is forever growing.
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