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The Senate and Cyber security: Finding a Path Forward written by Nilmini Rubin is about the Senate passing a cyber-security bill.  The cyber-security bills that are being proposed are not up to par with what the Senate is looking for. Therefore, the senate will not approve.  The Information Technology Industry (ITI) has worked with Senators to help make an improved cyber-security structure for Americas that will protect individuals and the country as a whole. ITI has received positive feedback for the Senate and agree that the cyber-security bill should have a strong information sharing system that is adaptable to meet constant changing dangers (Rubin, paragraph 3). For this, the article, The Senate and Cyber security: Finding a Path Forward has two strong claims, definition and policy, and also shows the claim fact.

The article displays the claim definition through the stasis theory by stating the necessities in any cyber proposal. Understanding what should be included in a cyber-proposal makes it easier to shape one and makes it easier to get it approved by senate. The writer also shows the claim definition in the article by writing about the core principles and issues in building awareness and sharing information (Rubin, paragraph 4).  One really needs to have a full grasp of what cyber security is to make a credential proposal that lives up to the Senate’s standards; therefore, definition is important in this article.

The claim policy from the stasis theory is very strong in the article. The ITI goes into depth on what they think will improve cyber security in America. They believe that leveraging public-private partnerships and building upon existing initiatives and resource commitments will help (Rubin, paragraph 5). They also believe that being able to adapt rapidly to emerging threats, technologies, and business, will help as well. They also speak upon how the proposal should focus on awareness, bad actors and their threats.

Lastly, the article states a lot of facts. The claim facts adds ethos to the article. Rubin goes in detail of what  how cyber security protects against one’s name, address, social security, credit card information, and how these things represent 95 percent of all the data compromised by cyber intrusion (Rubin, paragraph 6). She the writes, “Criminals then use the data for identity theft, phishing campaigns, and other fraud.  New breeds of cybercriminals, hacktivists, and rogue nations have become adept at exploiting the vulnerabilities of our digital world, placing consumer information as well as private and government data and proprietary systems at risk (Rubin, paragraph 6).”

Work Cited

Rubin, Milmini G. "The Senate and Cybersecurity: Finding a Path Forward - ITI Blog." ITI Website. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2013.