Feds create new post of cybersecurity czar
Anna Broache writes in C|Net News:
A new cybersecurity czar will join the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's ranks, Secretary Michael Chertoff announced Wednesday.
The assistant secretary for cybersecurity and telecommunications will be "responsible for identifying and assessing the vulnerability of critical telecommunications infrastructure and assets; providing timely, actionable and valuable threat information; and leading the national response to cyber and telecommunications attacks," according to a press release from the 3-year-old department. No announcement has been made about who will get the job.
The new official will report to the under secretary for preparedness, one of three top-level officials who report directly to Chertoff. (Currently, the chief cybersecurity officer is a low to midlevel official further removed from the secretary.) The "preparedness" category would also include officials overseeing areas ranging from first responder training to public health to infrastructure.
posted by Fergie @ 7/13/2005 03:06:00 PM
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