Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency

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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

January 22, 2010	Closed commission meeting
October 30, 2009	Closed commission meeting
September 18, 2009	Closed commission meeting
July 24, 2009	Closed commission meeting
June 24, 2009	Closed commission meeting
June 15, 2009	Public Event: Protecting the Domain - Cybersecurity as Defense Priority with Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn II
June 12, 2009	Public Event: Cybersecurity Policy Review with Melissa Hathaway, Cybersecurity Chief at the National Security Council
April 1, 2009	Closed briefing with Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO
March 23, 2009	Closed briefing with Melissa Hathaway, NSC
March 19, 2009	Testimony: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, “Cybersecurity - Assessing Our Vulnerabilities And Developing An Effective Defense
March 10, 2009	Testimony: House Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on EmergingThreats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology " Reviewing The Federal Cybersecurity Mission"
March 6, 2009	Closed briefing with Melissa Hathaway, NSC
Dec 8, 2008	Commission report released: “Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency”

Commission Activity, Phase I

Nov 10, 2008	Closed briefing on the P12 Initiative with Mike Brown, DHS
Nov 6, 2008	Closed briefing with Steven Shirley, DC3
Oct 17, 2008	Closed briefing with Robert Jamison, DHS
Oct 6, 2008	Closed briefing with Karen Evans, OMB
Sept 25, 2008	Closed briefing with Michael Brown, DHS
Sept 18, 2008	Public event: "Federal Responses to Cybersecurity" with Melissa Hathaway, ODNI
Sept 16, 2008	Testimony: "House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, "Cybersecurity Recommendations for the Next Administration"
Sept 10, 2008	Closed Cybersecurity Commission Plenary Session
Aug 14, 2008	Closed briefing with NII and Robert Lentz, DOD
July 28, 2008	Public event: Cybersecurity Briefing from David Wennergren, DOD
July 25, 2008	Closed briefings from and tour of FBI's National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force
June 12, 2008	Closed Commission Meeting; briefing from NCIX
June 4, 2008	Public event: "Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection: Is there a better Strategy?"
May 27, 2008	Closed briefings with Generals Cartwright, Croom, Lord, and Davis and Rod Beckstrom, DISA and JTF-GNO
May 22, 2008	Closed Tabletop exercises with the IC
May 8, 2008	Closed Commission Meeting; briefings from Melissa Hathaway, ODNI and Shawn Henry, FBI
April 28, 2008	Public event: "Views from Beyond the Beltway: Cybersecurity Recommendations from Experts"
April 8, 2008	Presentation at RSA Conference
March 26, 2008	Closed Commission Meeting
March 12, 2008	Public event: "Improving Cybersecurity: Recommendations from private sector experts"
Feb13, 2008	Closed briefing with Stewart Baker, DHS

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