http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/060109-experts-obama-cybersecurity-plan-short.html By Grant Gross IDG News Service 06/01/2009 U.S. President Barack Obama's new cybersecurity report is short on details and creates a federal coordinator position that may have limited power, some cybersecurity experts said Monday. The new cybersecurity coordinator will report both to the U.S. National Security Council and the National Economic Council, raising concerns that whoever Obama names will have split priorities, said Stewart Baker, a partner in the Steptoe & Johnson law firm and a former assistant director for policy in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. "That is not an indication that this office will be given large amounts of authority," said Baker, who served at DHS during former President George Bush's administration. While many initial reactions to the release of the Obama administration report were positive, speakers at a Congressional Internet Caucus event Monday raised some concerns, particularly that the report is short on details. [...] _____________________________________________ Visit the InfoSec News security bookstore! http://www.shopinfosecnews.orgReceived on Tue Jun 02 2009 - 00:26:42 PDT
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