The US has demanded a global response to the threat from cyber crime and cyber terrorism.
It extends from cyber terrorism to reducing risk in crowded places and investigating how to intercept new methods of telecommunications, he adds.
About 90 federal agencies send their personnel to the centers for training in everything from criminal investigations to cyber terrorism and land-management police training.
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Richard Clarke, already on the National Security Council as a special adviser for cyber security, will take over a new post in charge of combating cyber terrorism.
Worldwide, countries and businesses will have to come together to ensure the safety of commerce over the Internet and find ways to combat cybercrime and cyber terrorism.
And a lot of the threats that we're going to be facing, whether it's international terrorism, cyber terrorism, nuclear proliferation, pandemic, climate change -- a lot of these issues, they cross borders.
These simple metaphorical questions describe the dilemma of dealing with cyber-crime and cyber-terrorism.
But that very hyper-connectivity makes us more vulnerable to cyber-terrorism and other threats.
"They (computers) run our electric power grid, out telecommunications network, they run our railroads, our banking system, and all of them are vulnerable, at some level, to some degree to information warfare, or cyber-terrorism, " Clark said.
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And just to take one example, in that respect, at Lisbon, NATO agreed on a new strategic concept where different nations would develop different capabilities that could be brought to bear so that NATO is no longer an alliance built to simply repel a Soviet invasion but can meet new threats, whether they come from ballistic missiles or cyber attacks or terrorism.
This includes what is needed for counter-terrorism and cyber-security, as well as what kind of conventional military forces the country wants for the future.
The proposed reform foresaw 8, 500 career soldiers, 7, 000 who sign up for an average three years, 9, 300 militia members and more focus on terrorism and cyber-attacks.
As a new century begins, cyber-crime, including electronic terrorism, looms as a new way for criminals to threaten global security.
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These measures already have proven invaluable in the international fight against terrorism, organized crime, cyber-crimes, and transnational crimes in the Information Age.
In addition, Dr. Leitner is a Professor with the National Center for Biodefense at George Mason University as well as a Senior Fellow and Professor with the Center for Advanced Defense Studies responsible for Terrorism, Intelligence, and Cyber War issues.
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The Illinois Statewide Terrorism and Intelligence Center (ISTIC) claimed cyber attackers had obtained access using stolen login names and passwords.
Today, FBI director robert Mueller told told the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence that cyber crime could be a bigger concern for the bureau than terrorism in the future.
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To meet the challenges of the 21st century -- from terrorism to nuclear proliferation, from pandemic disease to cyber threats to crushing poverty -- we will strengthen old alliances, forge new ones, and use all elements of our national power.
Mr Maude said protection against cyber crime was currently not as strong as that against things like terrorism or tackling the drugs trade.
Security and counter-terrorism cooperation is another key area of discussion, specially cyber security which is becoming a major area of concern for both governments, our correspondent adds.
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