White House asks public for game changing cybersecurity ideas
Obama administration lays out three areas to improve the reliability of cyberspace.
The Obama administration will open next week a web-based forum to discuss a cybersecurity research and development agenda, according to a notice published in the Federal Register on Thursday.
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Coordination Office for Networking and Information Technology Research and Development asked the public to submit comments for a "game change" initiative to boost the safety and security of the Internet, telecommunications and computer systems, according to the notice.
The administration wants to focus on three areas: to build targeted areas within cyberspace to meet a range of security needs; to increase the cost of a cyberattack to the attacker and enable systems to operate in spite of threats; and to develop appropriate metrics and economic policies to encourage good security practices.
The forum opens May 19 and will receive feedback on potential private sector partnerships, possible research challenges and activities currently underway that support the effort's themes. Comments must be received by June 18.