Larry Clinton, president and CEO of Internet Security Alliance, describes the past 15 years of U.S. cybersecurity as a constant, cumulative progression, with the latest released cybersecurity building on that.
Clinton says it’s a positive sign that leaders are looking to consolidate and clarify cybersecurity responsibilities, as well as to rely on the Department of Homeland Security for non-defense protection needs. “I think that the evolution of the need to have senior management involved at the agencies is a natural and positive evolution in that direction,” Clinton writes.
While the Obama administration’s National Infrastructure Protection Plan 2013 acknowledged the public and private sectors have similar yet different methods for cyber risk management, DHS is now making a concerted effort to address the gaps. Clinton called this a “somewhat subtle but important” change in national cyber strategy.
