McAfee CEO's Warning To Washington
In the next 18-24 months, McAfee analysts are anticipating "more challenges than we've seen in the last 20 years combined" when it comes to cyber security problems, CEO Dave DeWalt said at a breakfast with reporters on Wednesday. That means more viruses, more malware and more cybercrime, he added.
"We're on a pretty hard ramp in terms of challenges," DeWalt said, emphasizing the need for legislation and industry cooperation. He lauded a recently introduced bill, H.R. 2290, that would criminalize attacks by botnets -- software robots that remotely controls computers -- and broaden the criminal code on electronic data theft.
DeWalt was in Washington with a handful of other Silicon Valley honchos lobbying on behalf of the Business Software Alliance. Read more about their efforts in Technology Daily's PM edition.
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