Long-awaited security report released

[InfoSec News <isn () C4I ORG>]

http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0226/web-cip-02-28-01.asp

BY Diane Frank
02/28/2001

The Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office this week released
President Clintons report to Congress on the status of federal efforts
to secure the information systems that support the nations critical
infrastructure.

The 209-page report, mandated under the fiscal 2001 Defense
Authorization Act, details all of the work coordinated through the
CIAO and the National Security Council over the past three years on
critical infrastructure protection (CIP). It covers the status of:

* efforts to build a public-private sector partnership to meet the CIP
  challenge.

* internal agency CIP planning.

* education and training initiatives.

* CIP research and development initiatives.

Members of Congress have criticized agencies for falling behind in
developing and implementing their CIP plans. And last month when the
White House had not sent the status report to Congress by Jan. 15 as
required under the authorization act, Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.),
chairman of the House Energy and Commerce committee, wrote a letter
calling for its release.

The report also includes independent status reports from several
industry sectors, including banking and finance, electric power, and
oil and gas.

The federal CIP efforts fully started in May 1998 when Clinton signed
Presidential Decision Directive 63, which requires agencies to take
steps to protect the systems that support the U.S. infrastructure.
Agency efforts, coordinated through the CIAO, are also directed
through the National Plan for Information Systems Protection that the
White House issued in January 2000.

ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com
---
To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of
"SIGNOFF ISN".