IT security is becoming a national issue according to CIO.com. The article below talks about how the government is investing money to make the IT infrastructure a more solid place. Obama talks about how the federal government’s IT consultants are working to secure the country. Check it out below.
A set of cybersecurity proposals, submitted to Congress on Thursday by the Obama Administration, contained little that was new or unexpected.
The proposals have been in the making since May 2009, when President Obama announced his intentions to make cybersecurity a national priority as part of his new Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative .
Since then, the administration has created a new White House cybersecurity office and appointed a coordinator to head it. It has put in place a National Cyber Incident Response Plan, which it is in the final stages of being tested.
And the White House has also been engaged in discussions with stakeholders from both the public and the private sector on how to improve cybersecurity at the federal government level and within the private sector.
Thursday’s cybersecurity legislative proposal is one outcome of those efforts. But its contents are likely to come as something of a disappointment for those that might have been expecting sweeping new proposals.
The proposal was developed in response to Congress’ “call for assistance” on cybersecurity matters, White House cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt said in a blog post today.
Go to CIO.com to see more of the article. If the federal government is making their IT infrastructure safer, should you begin to make your IT department work to increase IT security as well?
