Security Curve Weblog

DHS continues to not get it done

Remember back in October when we wrote about how the DHS wasn't getting it done in terms of critical infrastructure protection? Well, the other day GCN put out an article about Andy Purdy's discussion at the 2006 International Conference on Network Security where he indicated that... well, things still aren't getting done. He indicated that there's a lack of coordination at the highest levels, a lack of information sharing between the federal and the private sector, and that cybersecurity is too low on the White House priority list. At least they have a reality-based picture of the situation over there.

In apparent answer to this, the National Science and Technology Council issued a 121 page report that basically says the same thing, but at significantly more taxpayer expense. Seems like we really need to start getting things done over there.

By the way the picture is from the Homeland Security On a Roll entry from the "Duct Tape Guys". Yeah, it's that funny.