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This week, Dan Verton takes a look at the Department of Homeland Security’s evolving vision for automated network defenses for protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure.
It’s a hard science problem, according to Phyllis Schneck, DHS’ newly appointed deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity. But it’s one the human body has already figured out. Can DHS take a play out of nature’s playbook for network defense?