This may be of interst: AP: Bush Expected to Sign Scaled Back Internet Security Plan Washington, DC -- A new Bush administration plan aimed at improving the security of key U.S. computer networks will not be as ambitious as previously indicated, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. The plan is being closely watched by network security firms in the DC area. A draft of the proposal, called the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, obtained by the AP contains only 49 of the 86 initiatives of an earlier version, eliminating such mandates as regular consultations with privacy experts about civil liberties and a call for corporations to improve cybersecurity. Instead, it focuses on the security of federal agencies; it also makes clear that the Defense Department can engage in "cyber warfare" should the U.S. be attacked. The job of improving Internet security, however, would be handled by the new Homeland Security Department, which would launch test attacks against various agencies and seek to improve automated systems that operate water, chemical and electrical networks. Bush is expected to sign the plan in the coming weeks. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18662-2003Jan6.html