...which probably means it would become a centralized office that continues to spin its wheels (instead of several doing the same thing - I guess that's a move toward cost-cutting!) while lawmakers defer the problem by funding additional research reports and projects instead of funding immediate ventures to remedy existing problems and known vulnerabilities....... When it comes to information security - or technology society in general - the USG still doesn't get it, despite all the hype and hoopla. rick infowarrior.org
From: Fred Heutte <aoxomoxoa@sunlightdata.com> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 01:18:33 -0700 To: <nanog@merit.edu> Subject: proposed changes in national "cyber security"
http://www.cdt.org/publications/pp_8.15.shtml#2
(2) NEW DEPARTMENT LIKELY TO GAIN AUTHORITY OVER CYBER SECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION
Both House and Senate bills would grant the Department of Homeland Security authority over cyber security and infrastructure protection. Specifically, the bills would transfer to the new department the functions of the following entities:
* the National Infrastructure Protection Center of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (excluding the Computer Investigations and Operations Section);
* the National Communications System of the Department of Defense;
* the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office of the Department of Commerce;
* the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center of the Department of Energy;
* the Federal Computer Incident Response Center of the General Services Administration.
Following objections by the high-tech industry and others, the House bill would not transfer the Computer Security Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The Senate bill as introduced would transfer that NIST component, along with the Energy Security and Assurance Program of the Department of Energy and the Federal Protective Service of the General Services Administration.
Both bills would leave the FBI and CIA untouched by the reshuffling (with the exception of the FBI's NIPC, as noted above).