Richard Clarke Pushes for Stronger Cybersecurity Partnerships with Industry

While Richard Clarke, the nation's chief cybersecurity adviser, is on a mission to foster a partnership between government and the private sector to prevent cyberattacks, Peter Tippett, the vice chairman and chief technologist with TruSecure, is skeptical that a meaningful partnership . . . While Richard Clarke, the nation's chief cybersecurity adviser, is on a mission to foster a partnership between government and the private sector to prevent cyberattacks, Peter Tippett, the vice chairman and chief technologist with TruSecure, is skeptical that a meaningful partnership will develop soon.

Tippett, whose company helped the FBI track the origins of the "Love Bug" virus in 2000, said the main obstacle to such a relationship is the strong reluctance within the computer-security industry to share information with the government.

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