Thursday, August 14, 2008
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Cyber Security for the next president



Transitions between presidential administrations are 
typically influence-peddling, power-consolidating, appointee-vetting 
exercises run by Washington insiders. Perhaps that's why the 
quintessential Washington think tank, the Center for Strategic and 
International Studies, is trying to insert itself into the process. 
The private organization, which has close ties to the U.S. military 
and counts Henry Kissinger on its payroll, has gathered about 35 
people and awarded them the official-sounding title of "Commission on 
Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency." Adding to the formality are 
some closed-to-the-public meetings and ex-officio members from federal 
agencies, congressional offices, and the nebulous "intelligence 
community." The group's mandate is unusually broad: developing a 
"forward-looking framework for organizing and prioritizing government 
efforts to secure cyberspace." But four of its members indicated on 
Wednesday that the commission is focused on compiling no more than 
five recommendations and will not be proposing legislation or 
suggesting dramatic changes.
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