Security shield slingers are loving Prez Trump's cybersecurity order US President Donald Trump's cybersecurity executive order, signed on Thursday after a series of delays, will make federal agency heads accountable for protecting their networks. On the other side of the fence, computer security product makers have broadly welcomed the policy, which also calls on government and industry to …
Similarly, the earlier order sought to explore ways to promote cyber resiliency in the private sector by creating financial incentives (ie, tax breaks) to spend on cybersecurity. The signed order turns to market transparency to encourage critical infrastructure entities to properly mitigate cyber risks.
Oh, ffs, that is already done for physical security - an object deemed national infra immediately gets a set of extra rules, regs and responsibilities by the company which manages it. It is the case in USA, it is the case in most other NATO countries. Try being an owner of a major hydroelectric and leaving it with no physical security. The regulator will have your arse on a plate.
Why it was so difficult to follow the Russian example and extend this to cybersecurity. They have the same regs as us, but added cybersecurity and definitions of what is national infra as far as internet is concerned in law last year.
is tweet your line " might (whisper this gently) be seen largely as a continuation of measures former President Barrack Obama was putting into place." to @realDonaldTrump, and in the ensuing fit of pique all the good bits will get hurled out with the Obama bathwater.
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