IP: "cyber-corps" of electronic network defenders

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

CLINTON PROPOSES $1.4 BILLION FOR COMPUTER SECURITY 
As part of its call for new spending on advanced technology R&D, the Clinton 
administration is proposing that $1.464 billion be spent on "critical 
infrastructure protection and computer security," an increase of 40% over 
what's currently spent in this area. Most of the funding is earmarked for 
applied research on computer security through the Defense Department, but 
about $3 million would go toward new computer science scholarships with the 
goal of creating a "cyber-corps" of electronic network defenders. Congress 
is likely to approve or even increase the proposed funds, according to Rep. 
Curt Weldon (R-Penn.), who chairs the House Armed Services Subcommittee on 
research. (Science 29 Jan 99)