Posted on 03/05/2010 10:49:08 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
Security experts often stress the urgency and importance of stronger collaboration between the private and public sectors if we hope to turn the tide against the growing number of cyber-threats on the nation's economy and security.
So many were happy to hear the Obama administration's top cyber-security official, Howard Schmidt, say in one of his first public addresses since he took the job last year that improving these partnerships will be a priority of his office.
And to that effect, Schmidt's office declassified today some of the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative documents, a secretive plan drafted by the Bush administration detailing that administration's strategy to protect the nation's federal and commercial digital assets and improve intelligence exchanges with the private sector.
Schmidt outlined some of the White House's cyber-security priorities during the second day of the RSA conference, an annual industry gathering of security professionals.
The documents offer general descriptions of the plan's 12 initiatives and were published in the White House's Web site. Among them, the documents discuss the need for a way for the private and public sector to share information regarding the protection of the nation's critical infrastructure.
According to the New York Times, independent estimates say implementing the plan could cost as much as $40 billion in the next five years.
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If they’re really interested in security maybe they could start with Dept of Homeland Security losing 300 notebook computers per year (or more? forget). Like maybe these federal employees making about 1/3 more than private workers would actually have to go to work & not work at vacation resorts on notebooks accessing sensitive databases and files.
hRM....YESTERDAYS HEADLINE:
“BUSH RAPES BILL OF RIGHTS SAYS JUST A PIECE OF PAPER”
Todays headline:
“OBAMA PROTECTS AMERICA FROM CYBER ATTACKS”
What a difference a D makes...
What a difference a D makes...
What a difference a C, as in Communists, makes...
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