The Administration has now released a draft executive order (EO) on cybersecurity,[1] and with President Obama’s recent re-election, the likelihood that the EO will be issued has only increased. Furthermore, Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D–NV)…
I’ve had a chance to read the draft Executive Order on cybersecurity now and several thoughts spring to mind.For those who like the bottom line up front: I am, honestly, of two minds about this effort. On the one hand, it pushes pretty far toward a…
Senator Lieberman has an op ed in the Washington Post today calling for a move forward on his cybersecurity legislation. Meanwhile, Senator Collins (one of the cosponsors of Lieberman’s bill) has called on the President NOT to issue an executive…
The executive branch national security team – including civilian, military and intelligence professionals – agrees that inadequate cybersecurity within our critical infrastructure poses a grave threat to the United States and requires new and updated…
Senators McCain, Hutchinson and Chambliss have an op ed in the Wall St. Journal today, urging President Obama to refrain from issuing a cyber Executive Order. Here’s a taste (I fear the full text is behind a registration wall — this is about as much…
My correspondent (and friend) Gus Coldebella, wrote in the other day with a response to an earlier post of mine, in which he wondered what the meaning of section 706(d) of the Lieberman-Collins bill is. I hadn’t noticed the provision when I first…
