CEOs seek security collaboration

This week, the Business Roundtable, a group of 150 chief executive officers from some of the nation's largest businesses, outlined its view of the federal government's role in securing cyberspace. Echoing the position of several other business groups on cybersecurity, the Business Roundtable said the federal government "plays an important collaborative role in information security by sharing information about threats and vulnerabilities, helping companies overcome legal barriers and encouraging appropriate corporate actions."

In a statement issued May 19, the roundtable's Security Task Force chairman, C. Michael Armstrong, chairman of Comcast Corp., called on software makers and information technology companies to develop more secure software and services.

"The cybersecurity problem cannot be fixed by relying solely on end users' applying software patches," Armstrong said.

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