[liberationtech] POTUS Executive Order on Cybersecurity

[Nadim Kobeissi]

Andy Greenberg of Forbes wrote a story on this:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/02/12/president-obamas-cybersecurity-executive-order-scores-much-better-than-cispa-on-privacy/


NK


On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Shava Nerad <shava23 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Joseph Lorenzo Hall <joe at cdt.org> wrote:
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>> 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:
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>> http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/12/executive-order-improving-critical-infrastructure-cybersecurity
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>> > Section 5 addresses "Privacy and Civil Liberties Protections" for the
>> > information that will be exchanged between critical infrastructure
>> > providers and the DHS/USG.
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>> 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
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> Well, it has a provision for full disclosure in a report with a classified
> sidecar.  *ahem*  I mean, come on.
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> *heh*
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