Critical Infrastructure Protection: Federal Efforts Require a More Coordinated and Comprehensive Approach for Protecting Information Systems

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Page 28 - Department of Defense and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States Act, 2002, Pub.
Page 38 - Office shall be to coordinate the executive branch's efforts to detect, prepare for, prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks within the United States.
Page 29 - Representative to the United Nations, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, and the Chief of Staff to the President are invited to all meetings of the Council.
Page 10 - For example, the Department of the Treasury is responsible for working with the banking and finance sector, and the Department of Energy is responsible for working with the electrical power industry. Similarly, regarding special function areas...
Page 73 - Order 13231, the board recommends policies and coordinates programs for protecting information systems for critical infrastructure, including emergency preparedness communications and the physical assets that support such systems.
Page 13 - As a result of these analyses, we have identified information security as a governmentwide high-risk issue in reports to the Congress since 1997 — most recently in January 2001.9 7U.S.
Page 47 - Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence) ; Mr.
Page 47 - Intelligence (ASD/C3I); • the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); • the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA...
Page 7 - CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) is a center of Internet security expertise located at the Software Engineering Institute, a federally funded research and development center operated by Carnegie Mellon University.
Page 21 - Office") to be headed by the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security. Sec. 2. Mission. The mission of the Office shall be to develop and coordinate the implementation of a comprehensive national strategy to secure the United States from terrorist threats or attacks.

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