Government regulation of cyberspace may be needed to protect the nation's critical infrastructure, said Richard Clarke, former U.S. counterterrorism coordinator.

Clarke and Jamie Gorelick, a former deputy attorney general and a member of the 9-11 commission, appeared at RSA and called for action on anti-terrorism recommendations such as a national intelligence director.

They said government and private industry should do more together to secure the network infrastructure from a future attack. Clarke equated such an attack with other surprises the nation received in the last century — the Pearl Harbor attack and Sputnik — as well as the Sept. 11 attack.

"It shouldn't happen twice in one generation, and on the issue of cybersecurity we are forewarned," he said.

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