Carney, reiterating the importance given by the US President to the issue, said, "As the President said in the State of the Union, 'We know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. We cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our economy'. That's why the US government is taking an active approach in addressing the issue of cyber-theft". "We have urged Congress to pass legislation, and the President is taking all steps he can through the executive branch to make sure that we're safeguarding government networks and providing helpful and useful and relevant information to the private sector to help them safeguard their networks," he said. Carney said this is an issue that has the attention of the President and senior levels of the national security team. "It's something that we are working on constantly. And we will, of course, take necessary measures to enhance our cyber-security and to assist the private sector in enhancing their cyber-security," the White House Press Secretary said.
