Net minders.

The Business Roundtable Business Roundtable (BRT), an association consisting of the chief executive officers of major U.S. corporations that was founded in 1972 through the merger of the three preexisting business organizations. , the big-business brain trust, calls in the federal government to come up with a "national policy" to help companies guard against "cyberattack An assault against a computer system or network. See information warfare. ."

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Title Annotation:	The Business Roundtable with federal government to guard against cyberattack
Author:	Taylor, Jeff A.
Publication:	Reason
Article Type:	Brief article
Geographic Code:	1USA
Date:	Oct 1, 2006
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