SAN FRANCISCO — The Obama administration has declassified details of a national cyber-security program in the name of transparency and collaboration.
Howard Schmidt, Obama's cyber-security coordinator, announced the release of a lengthy summary on the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) — a program that started in 2008 under the Bush administration to make the Internet more secure — during a keynote Tuesday, March 2, at the RSA Conference.
The government had been keeping the CNCI's details under wraps, but Schmidt said circumstances have changed.
"As of noontime [Tuesday], in about 15 minutes, you'll be able to go to Whitehouse.gov/cybersecurity and download the unclassified description of the CNCI and each of the 12 initiatives under the CNCI," he said to applause from hundreds of security professionals and government officials in attendance at the conference. "Transparency and partnership are concepts that have to go hand-in-hand."
Go to Government Technology to read more about the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative.
White House Declassifies Description of National Cyber-Security Program
by Hilton Collins on March 03, 2010
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