Cyberspace Policy Review March 16, 2010

According to the homeland security page of the whitehouse.gov web site the president has concluded a cyberspace policy review. On February 9th of this year the president directed a sixty day policy review of the current programs and policies throughout the government that address cyberspace. The review is used to develop strategy to ensure that the US initiatives in the area of cyberspace are integrated, have sufficient resources, and are coordinated effectively. The group in charge of this undertaking has concluded their piece of the work and is forwarding their findings and recommendations for the president’s review. The president will make the final call on what programs to fund and the overall direction of the US cyberspace policy. Cyberspace impacts many areas of our government and directly impacts our homeland security. Homeland security requires security of information. The whole idea behind classifying information is to identify information that if in the wrong hands could cause harm our country’s well-being and keep it secure. Since cyberspace is the means by which secure information is transmitted it must be effectively secured or our homeland security would be compromised. That is why what the president is doing to review the way we structure our cyberspace programs is essential to securing our information and protecting our livelihoods. Decisions on what programs we fund will either keep us ahead of the cyberspace technology curve or if underfunding could leave us behind and vulnerable to cyberspace related exploitation.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Statement-by-the-Press-Secretary-on-Conclusion-of-the-Cyberspace-Review/