Re: [ga] White House to oversee coordination of cybersecurity efforts

[Hugh Dierker <hdierker2204@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds great and spiffy Jeffy,
 
I ain't buying it. You just put together a logical practical scenario (albeit a 
bit federally lopsided). All I am seeing are sound bites. There has been no 
change in cyber governance.
Or to put it another way, I have seen no cyber governance. Perhaps the 
intention is to socialize communication systems. Perhaps it is to do nothing. 
The sound byte is irrelevant.

--- On Sun, 4/5/09, Jeffrey A. Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Jeffrey A. Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ga] White House to oversee coordination of cybersecurity efforts
To: "Ga" <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "GAC Rep" <ssene@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Cheryl Preston" 
<prestonc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "2nd address Cheryl Langdon-Orr" 
<langdonorr@xxxxxxxxx>, "Paul Lehto" <lehto.paul@xxxxxxxxx>, "Stephen 
Northcutt" <stephen@xxxxxxxx>, "Alan Paller" <apaller@xxxxxxxx>, "NIST 
Elizabeth Lennon" <lennon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "NIST Karen Scarfone" 
<karen.scarfone@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009, 4:38 AM

All,

  To follow up on proposed legislation drafted in the Senate,
it appears that as far as the USG within the government,
the Obama administration is getting off to a strong and
aggressive start.  This initiative will likely dovetail the propose
legislation that will expand this new office ( IT security Czar )
and this position will be setting the tone and specifics as to
what levels, types, and to whom/what entities such requirements
will be directly and under color of law, mandate.

  I personally see this as a very bold move, that has some worrysome
ramifications, but if pulled off effectively and flexably also has far
reaching and hugely benificial effects across the Internet.

  As an FYI, see:
 http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090403_9076.php?zone=ngtoday

Two officials in the Obama administration confirmed on Friday that the
White House would oversee the coordination of securing networks
governmentwide, identifying more than 250 requirements in an
on-going 60-day review of federal cybersecurity initiatives.

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