President Obamais due to announce, in just a few minutes from now, the creation of the nations first "Cyber Czar". This new position will be charged with protecting both federal and private sector data. I just read an interesting article about the announcement here, over on My Freeze.
If you've been reading my blog and my experiences in Washington, DC over the past few weeks, you know that I am a proponent of these developments. Unique to this announcement, is that this position will be part of the National Security Council infrastructure and will have reporting responsibility to both the NSC and the National Economic Council, ensuring that whatever the Cyber Czar may propose, will address security with concern for the impact the recommendations this may have on our economy. This is a difficult set of priorities to balance and I hope they get it right.
Congratulations to the public policy team at CompTIA for getting language into this appointment that helps to accomplish these goals.
