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Incentives to Support Adoption of the Cybersecurity Framework
Posted byon August 6, 2013 at 11:04 AM EDTRead about what the President and his Administration are doing to enforce cybersecurity.
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Securing our Federal Networks: Progress to Report
Posted byon June 10, 2013 at 12:00 PM EDTThe White House releases its quarterly update on the federal government’s progress to achieve the Cross-Agency Priority Goal on Cybersecurity. Our aim is for executive branch departments and agencies to achieve 95 percent implementation of the Administration’s priority cybersecurity capabilities by the end of fiscal year 2014.
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Outreach and Policy Discussions at the RSA Conference
Posted byon March 7, 2013 at 8:01 PM EDTThe White House Cybersecurity Coordinator met with thousands of cybersecurity practitioners and stakeholders and got feedback on President Obama's plan to develop cybersecurity standards, improve public-private information sharing, and ensure privacy and civil liberties protections.
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Improving the Security of the Nation’s Critical Infrastructure
Posted byon February 13, 2013 at 7:39 PM EDTPresident Obama issued an Executive Order directing federal departments and agencies to use their existing authorities to provide better cybersecurity for the Nation, efforts that will by necessity involve increased collaboration with the private sector.
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Working to Counter Online Radicalization to Violence in the United States
Posted byon February 5, 2013 at 11:02 AM EDTA new inter-agency working group will be responsible for developing plans to implement an Internet safety approach to address online violent extremism, coordinating the federal government’s activities and assessing our progress against these plans, and identifying additional activities to pursue for countering online radicalization to violence.
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Preserving Internet Freedom
Posted byon November 30, 2012 at 7:20 PM EDTPresident Obama is committed to the multi-stakeholder, bottom-up, and decentralized governance structure that has been at the core of the Internet’s success and continues to be the bedrock of U.S. global Internet policy.
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Staying Safe Online
Posted byon October 15, 2012 at 4:04 PM EDTThe White House Cybersecurity Coordinator joined leaders to discuss the importance of National Cyber Security Awareness month, and offers some basic steps to be more secure at home.
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Collaborative and Cross-Cutting Approaches to Cybersecurity
Posted byon August 1, 2012 at 5:18 PM EDTThe White House Cybersecurity Coordinator highlights some recent initiatives in cybersecurity preparedness.
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Taking the Cyberattack Threat Seriously
Posted byon July 23, 2012 at 3:00 PM EDTThe American people deserve to know that companies running our critical infrastructure meet basic, commonsense cybersecurity standards, just as they already meet other security requirements
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Building Cybersecurity Capability in the Electricity Sector
Posted byon May 25, 2012 at 12:19 PM EDTA new initiative will help ensure our electricity grid is secure and resilient against cyber threats.