ISA Honors Hathaway
The Internet Security Alliance Tuesday gave its annual cyber security vision award to the Obama administration's former acting cybersecurity chief Melissa Hathaway. Hathaway has won praise for her work in guiding the administration's 60-day review of the federal government's cyber security programs, which was released in May.
"That effort was in our opinion the most sophisticated effort to date of a government entity analyzing the uniquely 21st century problem of cybersecurity and outlining a path forward," ISA President Larry Clinton said in a statement. "It is primarily for this groundbreaking work that the Internet Security Alliance has decided to honor Melissa today." As part of the review, the administration announced it would tap a White House official to coordinate the federal government's cybersecurity efforts and in December named Howard Schmidt to the post.
Hathaway, who also served under former President George W. Bush, left the administration in August. While noting the work done in recent months, Hathaway said in a statement Tuesday that "I feel like we have lost the sense of urgency of this situation. A full-spectrum threat requires a full-spectrum response, and it requires a mobilization of all of the resources that this country can bring to bear and it requires strength, leadership and bold steps moving forward."
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