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  Malware Is a Disease; Let's Treat It Like One

  Posted: July 22nd, 2011, 8:17pm CEST by Soulskill

  Tags:  government  

  jfruhlinger writes "The most common metaphor we have for computer malware — 'virus' — emphasizes that in many ways malicious computer code mimics biological pathogens. And yet, while the U.S. government has rapid response plans in place for an outbreak of a new disease, we're content to let the private sector react to hugely damaging computer infections. Tom Henderson thinks we need the cybersecurity equivalent of the CDC."

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