Wednesday, November 9, 2005

Homeland Security’s vague cyber plan

A preliminary report released by the Department of Homeland Security seems to <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5937715.html?tag=zdnn.alert">scatter cybersecurity responsibilities</A> across the government and the private sector while sticking to generalities about future plans. In its 175-page draft of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, or NIPP, the department outlines a broad framework for protecting the nation's "critical infrastructure" and "key assets"--bureaucratic argot referring to everything from the power grid to dams to computer systems.

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