NCS 02/20/12

National Cyber Security Radio By Gregory Evans

Pittsylvania County North Carolina Sheriff Mike Taylor plans to form task forces in the coming months to tackle cyber crime against children and the county’s rising burglary rate. Both units will begin operation by June 30 and will be evaluated after a year to determine their effectiveness, Taylor said Friday. There is growing talk of cyberwar, as opposed to run-of-the-mill cybercrime. There are also terms that lie somewhere in the middle like cyber espionage, and cyber hacktivism--which is sort of like cyber terrorism for good guys. At the heart of the debate is an attempt to define the scope of an appropriate response to each type of threat. Also check out the job of the day!!!