Cybersecurity

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Earlier this year, the White House released a Cyberspace Policy Review that recognizes the far-reaching impact of cybersecurity and the currently vulnerable position of the United States. The Near-Term and Mid-Term action plans from that report are reproduced below.

The most-discussed / most publicized step towards improving cybersecurity is to name a Cyber Czar. Since Obama initially announced this intention in May, 2009, however, the position has continued to go unfilled. Some politicians support this move (see Lieberman, but other experts are critical of this position - considering either unnecessary or actually counterproductive (see Tanji and Collins).

Legislation on a variety of fronts is also being considered, though not everyone is sure what (if anything) the new legislation would add.[1]

White House Cyber Security Review Near Term Action Plan

White House Cyber Security Review Mid-Term Action Plan [2]

REFERENCES

  1. [1]Ben Bain, Lawmakers Attack Cybersecurity on Multiple Fronts, Federal Computer Week, May 1, 2009.
  2. White House Cyberspace Policy Review, p37-38 (March, 2009).