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Carson proposes new agency dedicated to winning ‘Cyberspace Race’

Comparing global cyberspace ambitionsto the “Space Race” of the 1960s, Republican U.S. presidential candidate Ben Carson proposed a National Cyber Security Administration(NCSA) that would consolidate efforts to strengthen and defend America'sonline assets.

In a plan announced yesterday on the Carson campaign website, the retired neurosurgeon stated that if elected, he would establishthe NCSA to win the "Cyberspace Race" in much the same way the U.S. founded NASA to develop its spaceprogram.

Carson's plan didn't offer insightinto how such a program would be budgeted, although it claimed the NCSAwould streamline many “redundant programs, initiatives and offices whichoperate disjointed throughout the government.”

The proposed agency would beresponsible for, among other responsibilities: developing computer scienceeducation programs; creating a central repository of cybersecurity bestpractices; incentivizing intelligence sharing between the public and privatesector; and addressing privacy and civil liberties concerns.

Bradley Barth

As director of community content at CyberRisk Alliance, Bradley Barth develops content for SC Media online conferences and events, as well as video/multimedia projects. For nearly six years, he wrote and reported for SC Media as deputy editor and, before that, senior reporter. He was previously a program executive with the tech-focused PR firm Voxus. Past journalistic experience includes stints as business editor at Executive Technology, a staff writer at New York Sportscene and a freelance journalist covering travel and entertainment. In his spare time, Bradley also writes screenplays.

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