Obama announces cyber-security czar (updated)

President Barack Obama announced a new cyber-security initiative Friday that will install a "cyber czar" in the White House to coordinate US defenses against high-tech hacker attacks. Protecting cyberspace will be a national security priority for his Administration, and to underline this importance President Obama said he would personally select a new cyber-security coordinator. The new official will have regular access to the Oval Office, President Obama said. The new official will be responsible for integrating and coordinating all government protections of cyberspace infrastructure, and will also lead US responses to any hacker attacks to US networks. The announcement follows a 60-day review by the National Security Council and Homeland Security Council of US cyberspace infrastructure that was intended to lead to a strategic framework to coordinate US security initiatives in the area.