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Develop a comprehensive cyber security and response strategy
"Barack Obama and Joe Biden will ensure that his administration develops a Cyber Security Strategy that ensures that we have the ability to identify our attackers and a plan for how to respond that will be measured but effective."
Sources: "Obama-Biden: Confronting 21st Century Threats"
Subjects: Homeland Security, Technology
Obama orders review of cyber security
Updated: Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 | By Angie Drobnic Holan
On Feb. 9, President Obama ordered "an immediate review of the plan, programs and activities underway throughout the government dedicated to cyber security," according to a statement from the White House.
"This 60-day interagency review will develop a strategic framework to ensure that U.S. government cyber security initiatives are appropriately integrated, resourced and coordinated with Congress and the private sector," the statement said.
The president designated Melissa Hathaway to lead the review as acting senior director for cyberspace for the National Security and Homeland Security Councils. Hathaway previously served as cyber coordination executive to the Director of National Intelligence in the Bush administration.
We rate this promise In the Works.
Sources:
White House Web site,
President Obama Directs the National Security and Homeland Security Advisors to Conduct Immediate Cyber Security Review
, Feb. 9, 2009
Wall Street Journal,
Hathaway to Head Cybersecurity Post
, Feb. 8, 2009
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