As the Office of Homeland Security takes shape, federal and private-sector technology experts are urging the Bush administration to ensure that cybersecurity is included. President Bush created the office last month in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and named . . .
As the Office of Homeland Security takes shape, federal and private-sector technology experts are urging the Bush administration to ensure that cybersecurity is included. President Bush created the office last month in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and named Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge as its head. The Cabinet-level office will coordinate, not replace, the many federal, state and local agencies involved in protecting the nation against terrorist attacks, officials said.

"The key here, when it comes to homeland defense, is to have one very effective person at the pinnacle of it who can help co.ordinate it," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said last month.

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