Intel President Renée James and Symantec CEO Steve...
Intel President Renée James and Symantec CEO Steve Bennett were among the industry executives who met behind closed doors Tuesday with President Barack Obama to discuss cybersecurity matters, the White House said. Obama met with Bennett, James and executives from…
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the finance, energy and defense sectors to “discuss the importance of cybersecurity,” with an emphasis on industry’s cooperation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology in developing the Cybersecurity Framework and other efforts to implement Obama’s cybersecurity executive order, the White House said. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker also attended the meeting, a Department of Commerce spokeswoman said. The meeting is the latest part of the White House’s effort to encourage the private sector to improve its cybersecurity protections. NIST Director Patrick Gallagher on Friday repeatedly encouraged industry to take a commanding role in the framework’s development, saying NIST would play a supporting role in the future (WID Oct 28 p4). NIST formally released the preliminary version of the framework in the Federal Register Tuesday, beginning the official 45-day comment period. Comments are due Dec. 13 (http://1.usa.gov/1byHYIZ). The executives told Obama and Pritzker they appreciated the degree to which NIST had consulted industry in developing the framework, the White House said. It said the executives also discussed the problems small and medium-sized businesses may encounter in adopting the framework’s best practices. Obama, Pritzker and the executives also discussed the need for Congress to pass information sharing legislation, the White House said. The other executives at the meeting were MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga, Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush, Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan, Pepco Holdings CEO Joe Rigby and Visa CEO Charles Scharf.