[pchelpers] News: Group: US DHS should lose its cybersecurity authority

By Grant Gross , IDG News Service , 09/16/2008

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has been ineffective in
coordinating government cybersecurity efforts and should be stripped of
its authority in the area, members of a private cybersecurity task force
told members of the U.S. Congress.

The authority for coordinating government cybersecurity efforts and
enforcing mandates should be moved to the White House, members of the
Center for Strategic and International Studies' (CSIS) cybersecurity
commission told lawmakers Tuesday. DHS doesn't have the authority to
force other government agencies to strengthen their cybersecurity
efforts, said James Lewis, director of the Technology and Public Policy
Program.

More here:
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/091608-group-us-dhs-should-lose.html?fsrc=rss-security
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