"No," says U.S. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R.
Caldwell. At the most recent Cybersecurity Law Institute held
at Georgetown University Law Center in late May, the head of the
U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Criminal Division offered
guidance to attendees on how to prevent and combat cybercrime. She
also spoke about significant victories that the Criminal Division
had achieved with the help of private sector and foreign
collaboration. In the last year or so alone, the U.S. government
extradited about a dozen high-level cybercriminals from around the
world.
In her speech, Caldwell urged the private sector to work more
closely with the government, explaining that "the Criminal
Division is better positioned than ever before" to help
organizations bring intruders to justice, defend networks and
prevent cybercrimes from happening in the first place. Among other
things, she reported that the new DOJ Cybersecurity Unit has broken
new ground, including recently
