[liberationtech] POTUS Executive Order on Cybersecurity

[Shava Nerad]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Joseph Lorenzo Hall <joe at cdt.org> wrote:

>
>
> On Wed Feb 13 09:55:22 2013, Gregory Foster wrote:
> > Here's the President's Executive Order, embargoed last night until
> > delivery of the SOTU:
> >
> http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/12/executive-order-improving-critical-infrastructure-cybersecurity
> >
> >
> > Section 5 addresses "Privacy and Civil Liberties Protections" for the
> > information that will be exchanged between critical infrastructure
> > providers and the DHS/USG.
>
> One quibble: the EO is mostly about flows from govt. to private sector
> and since there is no immunity provided like under other legislative
> proposals, it seems reasonable that sharing in the other direction will
> be circumspect. Would love to hear other thoughts on this. Glad to see
> a section on privacy although we'll have to wait to see if that ends up
> meaning much. best, Joe
>

Well, it has a provision for full disclosure in a report with a classified
sidecar.  *ahem*  I mean, come on.

*heh*

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Shava Nerad
shava23 at gmail.com
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