The President made clear last week that he wants government to lead by example with respect to the infrastructure elements that it controls. We are moving aggressively to get our own house in order. Research will be identified in partnership and performed by existing institutions. It will comply with all privacy laws. But, as you know better than I, government systems are a small part of our country's infrastructure.
Government can investigate attacks when they occur.
But, it can't put in place the preventative technologies, and the cooperative mechanisms needed to protect against those attacks. We don't want some new form of government regulation. That could stunt or skew the technological change that is driving our new economy. We want the Internet to remain open. And we want to avoid any concern that increasing security will infringe on privacy and civil liberties.