White House Cybersecurity Commission Releases Long Awaited Recommendations To Next Administration

Norma Krayem is a Sr Policy Advisor in the Washington D.C. office

Report Outlines Steps Needed to Protect Critical Infrastructure, Governmental Resources and Consumers

On Friday, December 2, 2016, the White House Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity (the Commission) released its much anticipated report, detailing six major "imperatives," 16 recommendations and 53 action items. The Commission was a part of the Obama Administration's Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP), which we previewed here earlier in the year. The Commission includes 12 members representing a bipartisan, private sector group of individuals with backgrounds in key sectors, law enforcement, security and academia.

The report makes clear that "Cybersecurity is now an explicit consideration as organizations in the private sector and at all levels of government review their workforce readiness and needs." During the course of 2016, the Commission focused on ten major issues: federal governance; critical infrastructure; cybersecurity research and development; cybersecurity workforce; identity management and authentication; Internet of Things; public awareness and education; state and local government cybersecurity; insurance and international issues.

The report lays out six major Imperatives, calling on the U.S. government and Congress to work collaboratively with the private sector from creating new...

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