In the wake of the cyber-attacks that comprised Google in December, the Federal Government has decided to take steps to better defend against future attacks. It is being reported that Google and the NSA are in the final stages of an agreement to help better prevent cyber-attacks from occurring.
The NSA will be looking into the cause of the Google cyber-attack, which reportedly originated from China. The arrangement will allow the NSA to view Google’s data in a way that does not violate any privacy laws.
There are number of individuals in the tech and political community that believe another cyber-attack is imminent. The White House Director of National Intelligence, Dennis Blair stated that the Google attacks were a “wake up call,” and that more attacks were on the horizon.
There seems to be an increase in the frequency of cyber-attacks of late. With the DDOS attacks last year, and the more recent attack on Google, it will be beneficial for the Federal Government to bump up their security.
CNET
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