14 DAY TRIAL // Now here is a great initiative from the United States National Security Agency - they've figured out that companies aren't that good at protecting themselves, so they're helping them out. Together with the Department of Homeland Security, they're helping protect government and private communications networks from hackers, cyber-terrorism and other forms of similar aggression. In any case, this just seems like a great security measure, I mean, sure some admins may be sloppy, some people may not be so good at security, but when you're talking about the NSA, it's something different. They've been wiretapping everyone and they sure do know a lot about security and communications - it's about time they got into this.
However, this is going to raise some privacy issues, since there can be no protection without monitoring, but it's all for the best, and as always, security must be upheld. Sure, some people may be suspicious and think that they're only doing this to harvest more information and that they (the NSA) claim they're protecting the networks, when in fact, they're only doing it to wiretap legitimately. Well, to be frank, I do not know what their real intentions are, but wiretapping or not, improved security on networks is bound to be something great. Also, a lot of people will benefit from this, not just the directly affected institutions.
They will protect communication networks that are used by so many people, thus I can say they ultimately protect the people. As the Baltimore Sun informs us, Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke said that "as the lead agency responsible for assuring the security, resiliency and reliability of the nation's information technology and communications infrastructure, our department is working to unify further and integrate the security framework for cyber operations throughout the federal government." I can only hope that more countries pick up similar initiatives.