[J. Semper Paratus]

Nice Policy. It's about time.

Say, isn't this following the "America First" theme shared by Pat Buchanan?

I wonder how much looking into the eyes of the poor loved ones who lost the thousands of relatives in the 911 murders changed Bush.

[taxcontrol]

Actually, the "National Strategy to Secury Cyberspace (draft)" is the laughing stock within the security community.

In short, it's a lot of touchy feely, "lets all do what's right", JUNK. At best it is a very timid, toe in the water test ballon.

Now before you Freepers start thinking I'm in favor of government regulation (I'm not), there are a lot of things the feds could do that have not even been addresed here.

For example, the Feds are one of the largest buyers of software. By adopting software development standandards that include security (think the old ISO 9000 and 9001 process) and only doing business with those companies that adhere to those standards, the OVERALL quality of software will improve - not only for the Feds, but for us as well.

In essence, raise the bar for federal purchases. As vendors meet this new standard, it will improve the quality for everyone. No one is required to meet this new standard - unless they wish to do business with the Feds.

etc. etc. etc. There are lots of Fed only type efforts that could be done to improve software, assure that we have enough security experts and track down criminals. In fact, I've already identified 17 proposals to the CISSP (security certification) body to review and put into their response.