U.S. quietly launches protection program against cyber attacks on critical infrastructure

The U.S. government is launching an expansive program dubbed Perfect Citizen to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running such critical infrastructure as the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants, according to people familiar with the program.

An NSA spokeswoman said the agency had no information to provide on the program. A Raytheon spokesman declined to comment.

The goal is to close the “big, glaring holes” in the U.S.’s understanding of the nature of the cyber threat against its infrastructure, one industry specialist familiar with the program told Gorman. “We don’t have a dedicated way to understand the problem.”

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Submitted by: E. Charles Sterling