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Perhaps this group of 19 “concerned” senators was busy raising funds for future elections while many of us in the private sector were working overtime to research, investigate and conclude that the Kiev attack was the result of the most potent and evolved a piece of malware as we’ve ever seen before in the wild. There is also strong forensic evidence that the attack in the Ukraine was simply a test run for a larger and more potent shot elsewhere.

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So, yeah, these Democrats have reason to be concerned, but as usual, they are three years too late. This brand of political outrage only seems to surface when political opportunity floats by.

President Trump promised to develop a “comprehensive plan to protect America’s vital infrastructure from cyberattacks,” and he appears to be well on his way to doing exactly that. The cybersecurity executive order was step one. The agencies have a few months to adopt a framework and then move toward modern defensive technologies that will protect our information assets and ultimately our energy grid.

Maybe instead of writing grandstanding letters, these senators might want to pitch in and help, or instead demand that the NSA and CIA clean up their act so they can stop leaking cyber secrets that advance our adversaries’ agendas. But then that might sound too close to actual work.

Steve King is the COO and CTO of Netswitch Technology Management.[lz_pagination]