Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency

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Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency
The CSIS Cybersecurity Commission was formed to provide advice to the 44th president on the creation and maintenance of a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy.

The CSIS Cybersecurity Commission provided findings and recommendations to secure cyberspace in the 44th Presidency, and to help guide policy-making.  It called for immediate action.  The new administration has cybersecurity high on its agenda and it is making a serious effort to take what has already been done and improve our national cyber posture. But there is much to be done.  Building cybersecurity will be a long-term effort. 

Commission members produced a detailed report, "Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency," released on Capitol Hill on December 8, 2008. 

Commission Activity, Phase II

 
March 23 Closed briefing with Melissa Hathaway, NSC
March 19 Testimony: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, “Cybersecurity - Assessing Our Vulnerabilities And Developing An Effective Defense
March 10 Testimony: House Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on EmergingThreats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology " Reviewing The Federal Cybersecurity Mission"  
March 6 Closed briefing with Melissa Hathaway, NSC
Dec. 8

 

 Commission report released: “Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency.”
 

Commission Activity, Phase I

 
Nov 10 Closed briefing on the P12 Initiative with Mike Brown, DHS
Nov 6 Closed briefing with Steven Shirley, DC3 
Oct 17 Closed briefing with Robert Jamison, DHS
Oct 6 Closed briefing with Karen Evans, OMB
Sept 25 Closed briefing with Michael Brown, DHS
Sept 18 Public event: "Federal Responses to Cybersecurity" with Melissa Hathaway, ODNI
Sept 16 Testimony: "House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, "Cybersecurity Recommendations for the Next Administration"
Sept 10 Closed Cybersecurity Commission Plenary Session ;
Aug 14 Closed briefing with NII and Robert Lentz, DOD
July 28 Public event: Cybersecurity Briefing from David Wennergren, DOD
July 25 Closed briefings from and tour of FBI's National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force
June 12 Closed Commission Meeting; briefing from NCIX
June 4 Public event:  "Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection:  Is there a better Strategy?"
May 27 Closed briefings with Generals Cartwright, Croom, Lord, and Davis and Rod Beckstrom, DISA and JTF-GNO
May 22 Closed Tabletop exercises with the IC
May 8 Closed Commission Meeting; briefings from Melissa Hathaway, ODNI and Shawn Henry, FBI
April 28 Public event:  "Views from Beyond the Beltway:  Cybersecurity Recommendations from Experts"
April 8 Presentation at RSA Conference
March 26 Closed Commission Meeting
March 12 Public event:  "Improving Cybersecurity:  Recommendations from private sector experts"
Feb13 Closed briefing with Stewart Baker, DHS

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  • Contact James Lewis
    Senior Fellow and Director, Technology and Public Policy Program
    202-775-3247
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    Program Coordinator & Research Assistant, Technology and Public Policy Program
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