North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: proposed changes in national "cyber security"
...which probably means it would become a centralized office that continues to spin its wheels (instead of several doing the same thing - I guess that's a move toward cost-cutting!) while lawmakers defer the problem by funding additional research reports and projects instead of funding immediate ventures to remedy existing problems and known vulnerabilities....... When it comes to information security - or technology society in general - the USG still doesn't get it, despite all the hype and hoopla. rick infowarrior.org > From: Fred Heutte <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 01:18:33 -0700 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: proposed changes in national "cyber security" > > > > http://www.cdt.org/publications/pp_8.15.shtml#2 > > (2) NEW DEPARTMENT LIKELY TO GAIN AUTHORITY OVER CYBER SECURITY AND > INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION > > Both House and Senate bills would grant the Department of Homeland Security > authority over cyber security and infrastructure protection. Specifically, > the bills would transfer to the new department the functions of the following > entities: > > * the National Infrastructure Protection Center of the Federal Bureau of > Investigation (excluding the Computer Investigations and Operations Section); > > * the National Communications System of the Department of Defense; > > * the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office of the Department of Commerce; > > * the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center of the > Department > of Energy; > > * the Federal Computer Incident Response Center of the General Services > Administration. > > Following objections by the high-tech industry and others, the House bill > would > not transfer the Computer Security Division of the National Institute of > Standards and Technology. The Senate bill as introduced would transfer that > NIST component, along with the Energy Security and Assurance Program of the > Department of Energy and the Federal Protective Service of the General > Services > Administration. > > Both bills would leave the FBI and CIA untouched by the reshuffling (with the > exception of the FBI's NIPC, as noted above). > > >
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