2009 Cyberspace Strategy Guided Obama Administration's Cybersecurity Actions, Edelman Says
Special Assistant to the President-Economic and Tech Policy David Edelman Wednesday credited the White House’s 2009 global cyberspace policy strategy for setting the tone for President Barack Obama’s cybersecurity focus. Cyber has become “a priority for this administration,” with cybersecurity…
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issues now playing a prominent role in “every bilateral agreement” the U.S. signs, Edelman said during a Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies event. The 2009 cyberspace strategy also guided the Obama administration’s approach to dealing with thorny privacy issues after former NSA contractor Edward Snowden’s leaks about controversial surveillance programs, Edelman said. “Tremendous change domestically” on privacy issues, including passage of both the USA Freedom Act and the Judicial Redress Act, aided in development of the U.S.-EU Privacy Shield, Edelman said. “For all the political posturing that might exist on one side of the Atlantic or the other, the reality is that the U.S. did have a winning partner in the form of the European Commission” on the Privacy Shield, Edelman said.