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Obama Signs Executive Order on Cyber Security

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    FBN's Peter Barnes on cyber security and business.

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And -- President Obama quite active by not cyber security in a big speech last night and in signing an executive order to fight the growing threat.

Cyber attacks at Peter Barnes is in Washington with more around this Peter.

-- I Connell and Vega the president pushing for our unified public private cyber defense program to fight attacks on government and corporate computer systems.

And targeting the nation's critical infrastructure.

Recent cyber attacks against the Washington Post Wall Street Journal Twitter helping to elevate these growing attack problems Chinese hackers suspected and most of them to get the ball rolling the new executive order would allow government intelligence agencies to set to start sharing more information with.

Companies.

We know.

But the amount of private sector information that's available with respect to cyber security threats could dwarf that which -- the government can provide.

But the critical point here is for the government to provide its unique information that it ties to the private sector in a timely and appropriate manner.

And in a format that makes it most useful.

The administration says it will also need cyber security legislation from congress to make this united effort even stronger -- gonna -- Thank you Peter Peter Barnes our other friend thank you very much for that let's go to the.

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