U.S. President George W. Bush's top cybersecurity advisor defended his boss's Internet security agenda but called for help from everyone from large corporations to individual Internet users to protect the U.S. homeland by protecting their own little piece of cyber turf.
The German state government of North Rhine Westphalia (NRW) plans a new law that would give criminal investigators in the state greater rights to monitor voice and data services provided by communication companies, and obtain personal data from companies such as banks and airlines, the state Justice Ministry announced on Wednesday.