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Why isn't cyberspace more secure?

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Evaluating governmental actions---and inactions---toward improving cyber security and addressing future challenges.

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          cover image Communications of the ACM
          Communications of the ACM  Volume 53, Issue 11
          November 2010
          112 pages
          ISSN:0001-0782
          EISSN:1557-7317
          DOI:10.1145/1839676
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