US Cyber Security Report Due May 29th
By Kevin M. Nixon, Information-Security-Resources.com Security Editor
The President will release the 60-Day Cyber Space policy review report at the Whitehouse on Friday, May 29, 2009. The administration recognizes the very serious threats Public & Private sector Networks face from cyber-crime and cyber-attack. Recognizing these threats the President has elevated cybersecurity to a major administration priority by undertaking an early comprehensive interagency review. The administration is also committed to establishing the proper structure within the government to insure that cybersecurity issues continue to receive top-level attention and enhanced coordination. The report is an important first step toward securing the nation’s cyber-infrastructure.
ISA President & Chairman Appointed to Panel
From The Internet Security Alliance
The Isalliance Board released “The Cyber Security Social Contract: Policy Recommendations for the Obama Administration and the 111th Congress” which critiques the National Strategy to Secure Cyber Space as well as provides detailed recommendations for moving forward. In recognition of this, and other ISA efforts, ISAlliance President Larry Clinton and Board Chairman Ty Sagalow of Zurich Insurance have been asked to serve on the experts panel Commissioned by the House Committee on Cyber Security and administered by the federal government’s General Accountability Office (GAO).
ISR News: White House Cyber Strategy Due
Excerpts From Huffington Post
In the next few days President Obama will decide whether he will live up to his campaign promises about dealing seriously with the challenge of cyber security by creating a White House office to direct government activity and coordinate with the private sector. None of the options being served up to him will create the stand alone White House office that is needed to provide the leadership on this issue.
Hathaway Bolsters Internet Security Alliance
By Kevin M. Nixon, Information-Security-Resources.com Security Editor
Despite numerous lukewarm reviews of the 2009 RSA Security Conference by attendees and reporters, the Internet Security Alliance’s President Larry Clinton recognized that the keynote address to the collective conference body by Melissa E. Hathaway, Acting Senior Director for Cyberspace for the National Security and Homeland Security Councils, offers affirmation of the mission and principles on which the Internet Security Alliance (ISAlliance) was founded.
