US president-elect Barack Obama should set up a new
cybersecurity agency, in the wake of the failings of the US
Department of Homeland Security, a think tank report is expected to
recommend today.
The Department for Homeland Security was created in 2002, but
its National Center for Cybersecurity is not yet prepared to
address cybersecurity threats, said the US Government
Accountability Office earlier this year.
A report from the
Commission on Cyber
Security for the 44th Presidency - set up by the The Center for
Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington - is
expected to say that the threat of cyber attacks is too vast for
any one agency to tackle on its own.
The threat must therefore be addressed by a new White House
office, in addition to revised laws and government practices.
The Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency
is expected to recommend that Obama sets up a National Office
for Cyberspace, headed by an assistant to the president for
Cyberspace.
The Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency has
been studying the threat of cybercrime on US security and the
national economy since the beginning of the year. It releases its
final report later today (Monday).