Cybersecurity panel to build Web forum

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http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/1029/web-chat-11-01-01.asp

By Diane Frank 
Nov. 1, 2001

The Bush administration's new Critical Infrastructure Protection Board
is already considering several ways in which industry can be involved
in the federal cybersecurity effort, including a new Web site to
promote new ideas and solutions, an official said Wednesday.

The new board, established in October by executive order, oversees the
cyber and physical protection of information systems that support the
nation's critical infrastructure, such as telecommunications and
electric power.

One of the standing committees, led by the Office of Science and
Technology Policy and focused entirely on research and development,
will coordinate the many cybersecurity research programs under way
across government. In this arena, the government will be working
closely with industry and academia to "come up with good solutions,"
said Paul Kurtz, director of critical infrastructure protection at the
National Security Council.

But innovative solutions developed outside the federal R&D community
will be welcome. In fact, the board hopes to establish a Web site
within the next month where agencies can learn about the latest
cybersecurity developments, Kurtz said in a Web chat.

"One of the purposes of the critical infrastructure board is to offer
a conduit through which the ideas, products and resources available in
the private sector can be passed to the whole range of government
agencies," he said.

Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-N.Y.), chairman of the House Science
Committee, hosted the Web chat to bring together government and
industry security experts in an open forum. The committee will keep
cybersecurity as a priority on its agenda, he said in the chat.



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