Eugene Spafford of Purdue s CERIAS center talks with Dennis Fisher about cybercrime and funding for long-term security research projects. The cybercrime problem seems to have really gotten out of control in the last year or so, he says. Obama will appoint a cyber coordinator, but will that even matter? Spaffard: “That position is a blame-taking position. It won t have any statutory authority”” Cybercrime is a drain of tens of billions of dollars on the the U.S. economy.”
Source: https://threatpost.com/qa-eugene-spafford-cybercrime-security-research-121409/73254/