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President Obama announced Tuesday the appointment of a new “cyber czar” charged with coordinating efforts to protect the nation’s computer systems, both military and civilian. Guest host Scott Shafer talks to cybersecurity experts about challenges facing the new appointee, Howard Schmidt.

Guests:

John Arquilla, director of the Information Operations Center for the Naval Postgraduate School

James Lewis, director of the Technology and Public Policy Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies

Martin Libicki, senior management scientist for RAND and author of the recent study "Cyberdeterrence and Cyberwar"

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