The White House and the Department of Homeland...
The White House and the Department of Homeland Security highlighted their efforts to advance efforts to improve cybersecurity Wednesday. The U.S. is “light-years ahead of where we were 18 months ago” in advancing the national conversation on cybersecurity, said White…
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House Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael Daniel at a Bloomberg Government event. The White House has been working with federal agencies since February to implement President Barack Obama’s cybersecurity executive order. As part of that implementation effort, the National Institute of Standards and Technology released a preliminary version of the Cybersecurity Framework last week (WID Oct 23 p2). Daniel lauded the framework Wednesday as a “remarkable example of true public-private partnership.” Agencies’ budgets also show the degree to which the White House is making cybersecurity a big priority, he said, noting that the administration’s cyber efforts are as well protected as its other priorities given the strains of sequestration. The White House is also continuing to encourage Congress to pass information-sharing legislation that would improve the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure, Daniel said. The order will “help bring clarity to the specific kinds of information-sharing that we need,” said Suzanne Spaulding, DHS deputy undersecretary-National Protection and Programs Directorate. DHS is the primary department responsible for implementing the order. DHS is doing “everything we can to help public and private sector make wise risk management decisions,” she said.