As cyber threats build against U.S., CEOs ask for "light touch"

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Business leaders from the defense, science and technology, energy, and banking industries, U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday they agreed network attacks is the highest level of security threat, but they are looking for a response to the risk of a "liberal" government.

Obama and his senior security advisers met with the Chief Executive Officer of the company in the Situation Room of the White House 13 to talk about how the government and the private sector to improve the security of the network, including the need for legislation.

Elevated by the White House last year after failed efforts in Congress to pass new laws to improve network defense.

David Cote, Honeywell International Inc., said: "I think we all agree - including the government and the president - our government should be light touch possible after the end of the meeting CNBC.

"Flexibility is very important, because it is a threat to change soon," he said.

The day before the meeting, the leaders of the U.S. intelligence agencies, top security threats facing the United States has been replaced by terrorism, cyber attacks and cyber espionage.

Obama last month signed an executive order to encourage the sharing of information, the majority of business leaders welcomed and voluntary safety standards, has been the focus of debate.

However, the law and Obama urges legislation to Congress to try again on the administrative act is not so strong. "There are ways we can strengthen our critical infrastructure, the financial sector," Obama said, In an interview with ABC earlier Wednesday. "They need to get this to work."

Obama has taken the unusual step meeting, company executives in the Situation Room in the West Wing basement presidential national security adviser during the crisis, a secure Web site.

The meeting included: Mr. Randall Stephenson, Wes Bush, Northrop Grumman, AT & T Rex ? Tillerson, ExxonMobil (Exxon Mobil), Dimon (Jamie Dimo ??n) , JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America (Bank of America), Brian Moynihan, and Nicholas Akins of American Electric Power Company.

"The threat is real ... There is a consistent, persistent threat, we need to focus on as a nation," the blue told reporters after the meeting.

This week, U.S. authorities said they were investigating reports that the Obama family has by hackers.

President Bush said in the ABC interview, said he did not know whether the report is true, hackers have published financial and personal information online about his wife, Michelle, as well as other high-profile Americans.

"It would not shock me if some information about good safeguards to prevent it, is still out of control," he said.

 

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