House Should Create Committee on Cybersecurity

• By Bob Livingston
• Special to Roll Call
• Dec. 3, 2009, Midnight

Recently, I sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) asking that Congress establish a new Select Committee on Cybersecurity. While it’s a problem we’d rather not think about or deal with, a significant cyber-incident could pose a major threat to our country by disrupting commerce and our ability to defend ourselves. Indeed, experts from the military and the private sector agree that we are not doing enough to prevent a cyber-9/11.