The recent hacking on the United States Central Command's Twitter account has pressed President Barack Obama to call for more secure measures on cybersecurity laws.
The hackers, who called themselves ISIS "sympathizers," changed the U.S. Central Command's profile and background photos on Twitter on Tuesday, and tweeted, "American soldiers, we are coming, watch your back. ISIS."
The hackers also said that they are in each military base and computers. The post was taken down right away, and was called and treated as a case of "cybervandalism," much like the attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.
"It just goes to show how much more work we need to do - both public and private sector - to strengthen our cybersecurity," President Obama said,
The U.S. President will attend an event on Monday to discuss how the state can improve privacy for both consumers and students and fight identity theft, according to reports.
The White House also shared Obama's steps on improving cyber security in a blog post.
"President Obama is using the week before his State of the Union to highlight the importance of cybersecurity and to outline the steps this Administration is taking to tackle this problem head-on. As many companies and government agencies know far too well, the cyber threat is only increasing in breadth, pace, sophistication, and impact," according to the blog post.
His steps in improving cybersecurity will include the following new and improved laws on national data breach reporting, modernizing law enforcement authorities to fight cybercrime, and enabling cybersecurity information sharing.
Plans for holding events such as the White House Cyber Security Summit was also announced. According to the White House blog post, the Cyber Security Summit will be held at Stanford University on Feb. 13.
The goal of the summit is to "build consumer confidence by enhancing public and private sector consumer financial protection efforts" through the BuySecure Initiative, which the President announced last October 2013. Major cyber security stakeholders, as well as issues on consumer financial protection.
A Cyber Security workforce will also be put in place. According to the White House, the Vice President will make an announcement next Thursday that the Department of Energy will grant $25 million for the next five years to "support cyber security education consortium consisting of 13 Historically Black Colleges and Universities and two national labs."
The State will ensure that it has sufficient trained professionals who can protect it and counter any cyber security attacks.
