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(2) Since intellectual property is now often
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stored in digital form, industrial espionage that ex-
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ploits weak cybersecurity dilutes our investment in
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innovation while subsidizing the research and devel-
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opment efforts of foreign competitors. In the new
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global competition, where economic strength and
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technological leadership are vital components of na-
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tional power, failing to secure cyberspace puts us at
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a disadvantage.
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(3) According to the 2009 Annual Threat As-
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sessment, ‘‘a successful cyber attack against a major
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financial service provider could severely impact the
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national economy, while cyber attacks against phys-
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ical infrastructure computer systems such as those
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that control power grids or oil refineries have the po-
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tential to disrupt services for hours or weeks’’ and
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that ‘‘Nation states and criminals target our govern-
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ment and private sector information networks to
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gain competitive advantage in the commercial sec-
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tor.’’
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(4) The Director of National Intelligence testi-
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fied before the Congress on February 19, 2009 that
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‘‘a growing array of state and non-state adversaries
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are increasingly targeting-for exploitation and poten-
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tially disruption or destruction-our information in-
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