[1]http://www.cbsnews.com/news/obamas-cybersecurity-plan-why-the-govern ment-cant-protect-us/ "Dave DeWalt, CEO of security firm Mandiant, a participant in Friday's summit, hopes that fear of privacy invasion won't get in the way of the work that needs to get done. He pointed to the way the way public backlash to government surveillance programs revealed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden stymied previous efforts to effectively open the lines of communication. "This balance between privacy and security ebbs and flows and unfortunately that was a huge setback -- a setback to the tune of several years," he said. via cypherpunks References 1. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/obamas-cybersecurity-plan-why-the-government-cant-protect-us/