Cyber Report Short On Detailed Guidance
The Obama administration's release Friday of a report on the federal government's cybersecurity posture will not offer specific recommendations for action, sources who reviewed the document told CongressDaily on Thursday. The paper will call for the creation of a cybersecurity coordinator who would be housed in the National Security Council but report to the National Economic Council as well, they said. The report does not state how senior the individual will be within the White House or to whom the official would report. The roughly 40-page document emphasizes the importance of building public-private partnerships to safeguard communications networks and creating incentives for threat information-sharing between government and industry entities, sources said. The report includes language intended to sharpen the government's IT procurement processes to drive greater security; underscores the need for more federal cybersecurity R&D; and calls for the cultivation of a highly skilled cybersecurity workforce in and outside of government. The paper will be unveiled at a White House event attended by an impressive list of tech execs.
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