Posted on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
In his first public comments since becoming the nation’s first cybersecurity coordinator, Howard Schmidt said today he has President Barack Obama’s ear and his support.
He said his primary objectives are to:
* Update the strategy to secure the government’s networks.
* Develop an organized and unified incident response capability that would include the private sector as well as government.
* Develop a more complete partnership with the private sector and with other nations.
* Increase investments in cybersecurity research and develop.
* Create a public awareness campaign for cybersecurity.
