Computerworld, in a bylined article, reported last week that a private-sector cyber terrorism security center has opened at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Private Sector Anti-Cyber Terror Center Opens at University of Pennsylvania

Computerworld writer Todd R. Weiss said the Cyber Incident Detection Data Analysis Center intends to provide real-time defense against cybercrime and cyberterrorism for key businesses.
Charles "Buck" Fleming, executive director of center, said the organization is believed to be the first private, nonprofit group to set up a cybercrime-detection network outside of the government's own efforts to watch over critical business operations. The group's concern, he said, is that without constant monitoring, critical U.S. industries such as banking, transportation, energy, 911 services and water supply systems could be disrupted by terrorists or criminals -- with disastrous results for the country and the U.S. economy.
While government agencies such as the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security already get reports of cybercrime and cyberterrorism, the agencies aren't always able to respond to threats immediately because of red tape. And companies that are victims aren't always happy to share their information with the government, Fleming said.
"Eighty-five percent of all the [nation's] data is in the private sector, so we realized this has to be a private sector operation," he said. "Companies don't want the FBI looking at their information, even if they're not doing something wrong."

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