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Abstract
The current draft National Strategy to
Secure Cyberspace was developed in close collaboration with key sectors
of the economy that rely on cyberspace: state, and local governments,
colleges and universities, and concerned organizations. Sector groups
developed their own strategies to protect the parts of cyberspace on which
they rely. Town hall meetings were held around the country, and fifty-three
clusters of key questions were published to spark public debate. This
unique partnership and process is necessary because the majority of the
country's cyber resources are controlled by entities outside of government.
For the Strategy to work, it must be a plan to which a broad cross-section
of the country is committed, and must be dynamic and continually refreshed
to adapt to the changing environment as technologies evolve. This presentation
will discuss how America will continue to utilize and rely upon cyberspace
and how the Federal government will seek a continuing broad partnership
to develop, implement and refine the National Strategy.
Biographical
Sketch of Speaker
Howard A. Schmidt is a Special assistant to the President and
the Vice Chair of the President’s Critical Infrastructure Protection
Board. This board assists a specialized group of senior government and
private sector leaders in focusing on cyber security issues and coordination
of security-related incidents. Previously, he was chief security officer
for Microsoft, director of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations
(AFOSI) Computer Forensic Lab and Computer Crime and Information Warfare
Division, with the Computer Exploitation Team at the FBI’s National
Drug Intelligence Center, and a city police officer in Chandler, Arizona.
Mr. Schmidt has also served as the international president of the Information
Systems Security Association (ISSA) and holds a bachelor’s degree
in business administration and a master’s degree in organizational
management.
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