Cyberspace Policy Review: Assuring a Trusted and Resilient Information and Communications Infrastructure

On May 29, 2009, President Obama issued the results of the Administration’s 60-Day Cyberspace Policy Review. Following the issuance of the CNCI, the review’s goal was to assess U.S. policies and organizational structures for cybersecurity. In order to develop a strategic framework to ensure that the U.S. government’s initiatives are appropriately integrated, resourced, and coordinated, the following near-term action plan issues were noted in the review:

establish performance metrics.
 * Appoint a cybersecurity official to coordinate interagency strategy and policy.
 * Prepare and update national strategy to secure the information and communications infrastructures.
 * Designate cybersecurity as one of the President’s key management priorities and
 * Designate a privacy and civil liberties official in the NSC cybersecurity directorate.
 * Convene appropriate interagency mechanisms to conduct legal analysis of priority cybersecurity issues.10
 * Initiate a national cybersecurity public awareness and education campaign.
 * Develop U.S. government positions for an international cybersecurity policy framework.
 * Prepare a cybersecurity incident response plan.
 * Develop a framework for research and development strategies that focus on “game-changing” technologies that enhance security.
 * Build a cybersecurity-based identity management vision and strategy that addresses privacy and civil liberties interests.