U.S. to Name Head of New Cyber Security Center

(pcworld) -- Tech entrepreneur and author Rod Beckstrom will be named to run a new National Cyber Security Center at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, according to news reports.

Beckstrom, founder of Cats Software and co-founder of Twiki.net, a company offering an open-source wiki software system, would head the center, created by U.S. President George Bush in a January directive, according to reports in The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. The Bush administration has largely been silent about the cybersecurity center. full story