Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2857-1002764539-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 10 Oct 2001 18:43:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 11984 invoked by uid 510); 11 Oct 2001 01:42:11 -0000 Received: from n27.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.77) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 11 Oct 2001 01:42:11 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2857-1002764539-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.222] by n27.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Oct 2001 01:42:19 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_4_1); 11 Oct 2001 01:42:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 73789 invoked from network); 11 Oct 2001 01:42:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by 10.1.1.222 with QMQP; 11 Oct 2001 01:42:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3 with SMTP; 11 Oct 2001 01:42:19 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id SAA09482 for iwar@onelist.com; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 18:42:18 -0700 Message-Id: <200110110142.SAA09482@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 18:42:18 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:U.S..Shores.Up.Cyber.Security.Bastion.] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit U.S. Shores Up Cyber Security Bastion. Intelligence Newsletter, 10/10/2001 No URL available As could have been foreseen, the new Republican administration's policy with regard anti-missile defenses makes the security of critical American infrastructure--energy, telecommunications, water supply, transportation and financial services-- more crucial than ever. To be sure, building a shield against ballistic missile attack could be seen as increasing the risk that a potential enemy, deterred by military muscle, might choose instead to assault U.S. vital interests via electronic networks. Although the risk is theoretical it has nonetheless galvanized the Pentagon's bureaucracy and the National Security Council (NSC), which justify their existence - and their budgets - on their capacity to foresee future risks, no matter how hypothetical. Early last month, George W. Bush's staff decided to step up efforts to draft a new program based on electronic security to protect critical infrastructure. During a one hour meeting at the White House national security adviser Condoleeza Rice was asked to prepare a draft executive order that would harden up initiatives and lead to the founding of a new coordinating body named the Critical Infrastructure Protection and Continuity Board (CIPCB). Intelligence Newsletter has obtained a copy of the draft order that will be officially unveiled in mid-September and come into force on Oct. 1. Entitled Draft Executive Order on Critical Infrastructure Protection in the Information Age, it identifies computer security as the leading bastion against attack on vital interests (most industrial countries consider such security one barrier among others). The document calls on the new agency, CICB, to fulfill two inter -governmental management missions: see to the continuity of government and operations in an emergency and supervise the security of information systems. As a sign of the Bush administration's priorities, the order gives the future CIPCB chairman the title of Senior Advisor to the President for Cyberspace Security, a function that is currently held, under another name, by Richard Clarke. Next, the executive order hands operational responsibility to several federal agencies but lays down specific arrangements for information systems. For instance, the Federal Emergency Management Agency will have primary responsibility for continuity of operations (energy, transportation and the like) but other agencies will see to the security of the government's communications systems and computers. On one hand, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will be responsible for the "security of information systems that support executive branch departments and agencies"(essentially civilian departments ). On the other, the defense secretary and CIA director will remain responsible for the safeguarding of national security information systems, chiefly the networks of the Pentagon, CIA and FBI. To protect information systems in a wider context, the order aims to beef up cooperation between the administration and corporate America. The CIPCB chairman will be asked to work closely with private sector presidential advisory panels like the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) and the National Infrastructure Advisory Committee. Up to now the public-private partnership on infrastructure has focused on such key sectors as telecommunications, information and transportation but the "outreach" will be extended to academia, the legal profession, auditing, insurance and "other relevant elements of society." On a more political level, the executive order terminates the mandate of current members of NIAC from Oct. 1 in order to ensure the influential panel is dominated in future by Republicans. Shortly before leaving the White House in January, Bill Clinton named a number of his political friends to the panel. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Pinpoint the right security solution for your company- Learn how to add 128- bit encryption and to authenticate your web site with VeriSign's FREE guide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/yQix2C/33_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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