PITAC’s report to the President on Cyber Security
The Presidential IT Advisory Committee (PITAC) has submitted its report to the President titled Cyber Security: A Crisis in Prioritization in which the committee emphasizes vulnerabilities to the nation’s critical IT infrastructure. Among the committee’s numerous recommendations are that the federal government
Increase Federal support for fundamental research in civilian cyber security by $90 million annually at NSF and by substantial amounts at agencies such as DARPA and DHS to support work in 10 high-priority areas identified by PITAC.
With the current administration’s track record on national security spending, it will be interesting to see the President’s response to these funding recommendations.
A copy of the report can be found here: http://www.nitrd.gov/pitac/reports/20050301_cybersecurity/cybersecurity.pdf
