Cyber Security Space News Today

Chairman of joint chiefs of staff met a u.s. military spokesman said one topic the two men discussed the international security situation in europe. he has been a front line advocate for moscows use of cyber, information warfare and propaganda to achief military objectives. policy is supposed to be protecting eastern europe from assaults by russia and others. >> the public is not aware of evolving threat. im referring to the resolving situation with cyber security space. >> but its results, not ...

>> steve, back to you. >> with more political news, after an election filled with hacking accusations, the countrys cyber security is a top concern for voters and lawmakers. why would president trump proponent signing the executive order? lets bring in an expert steve king. >> thank you for having me. >> i want to bring up some questions for you. you and i have talked before. you claim that government relies on outdated technology, people and systems to keep very important information and govern...

Kudlow, cnbc contributor. which way trump will go, that is too early to say, but that is the billion dollar question. also want to tell you about a big deal happening in the cyber security space. semantics said it would acquire lifelock for $2.3 billion. lifelock is a u.s. identity theft protection services company and why does symantec want to buy them? they see flagging sales at norton, its unit thats relied so heavily on pc sales, but they are lagging, too. >> were just about at thanksgiving,...

World and paratroopers descended over silicon valley and guys grabbed computers and ran out twould be missiles flying. but this happens every day in the cyber security space, where adversaries come in and steal everything and off to another country they go. there goes our intellectual property. >> reporter: that can include plans for weapons systems and less leathal products, soda recipes -- anything that makes america competitive. the sophisticated software that attacks our critical infrastruct...

Dominic is following the story from west coast bureau. >> reporter: it really is the f.b.i. as the consecutive order to lead the defense against cyber terrorism but companies have come up with ways to thwart attacks. favorite maneuver to feed wrong information to the hackers to make it doubted what they are dealing with, it confuses them and renderers what they get worthless. this is one effort to combat china and russia who is suspected of bringing down critical infrastructure in the united sta...