IP: Special Advisor to the President for Cyberspace Security

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 08:39:13 -0400
> To: farber () central cis upenn edu (David Farber)
> From: Jean Armour Polly <mom () netmom com>
> Subject: Special Advisor to the President for Cyberspace Security
>
> Advisor for Cyberspace Security and forthcoming board
>
> One article about Clarke from May
> http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166017.html
> one from Dec 2000
> http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2662884,00.html
>
>
> http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/10/print/20011009.html
>
> Special Advisor to the President for Cyberspace Security
> Richard Clarke
>
> The  information  technology  revolution  has  changed  the way business 
> is transacted,  government  operates,  and national defense is 
> conducted.  The 
> United  States  now  depends  upon  a  complex,  interdependent  network 
> of critical  infrastructure  information  systems  that  are  essential to 
> our national and economic security.  These networks include information 
> systems in the government, telecommunications, banking and finance, 
> transportation, energy, manufacturing, water, health and emergency 
> services networks.
>
> The  United  States must protect against the disruption of the operation 
> of these  systems.   Any disruption that occurs must be infrequent, of 
> minimal duration, manageable, and cause the least possible damage.
>
> The  President's  Special  Advisor  for Cyberspace Security will 
> coordinate interagency  efforts  to  secure  information  systems.   In 
> the event of a disruption, the Special Advisor will coordinate efforts to 
> restore critical systems.
>
> The  Special  Advisor  will work in close coordination and partnership 
> with the  private sector, which owns and operates the vast majority of 
> America's critical  infrastructure.   The  Special  Advisor  will  be the 
> President's principal  advisor  on matters related to cyberspace security 
> and report to the  Assistant  to the President for Homeland Security and 
> to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
> The  Special Advisor will also serve as chairman of a government-wide 
> board that  will  coordinate  the protection of critical information 
> systems (the President  is  expected  to  sign  an Executive Order soon 
> establishing the board).


For archives see: http://lists.elistx.com/archives/interesting-people/