Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity

The President's Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity is a Presidential Commission formed April 13, 2016 to develop a plan for protecting cyberspace, and America's economic reliance on it.^[1][2] The commission is expected to publicly release its substantial final report prior to 20 January 2017. The report will make recommendations regarding the intertwining roles of the military, government administration and the private sector in providing cyber security.^[3] Chairman Donilon said that its coverage "is unusual in the breadth of issues" with which it deals.^[3]

The initial members of the Commission are:

• Tom Donilon, former Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor (Chair)
• Sam Palmisano, former CEO of IBM (Vice Chair)
• General Keith Alexander, CEO of IronNet Cybersecurity, former Director of the National Security Agency and former Commander of U.S. Cyber Command
• Annie Antón, Professor and Chair of the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech.
• Ajay Banga, President and CEO of MasterCard
• Steven Chabinsky, General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer of CrowdStrike
• Patrick Gallagher, Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh and former Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Peter Lee, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research
• Herbert Lin, Senior Research Scholar for Cyber Policy and Security at the Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation and Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution
• Heather Murren, former member of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and co-founder of the Nevada Cancer Institute
• Joe Sullivan, Chief Security Officer of Uber and former Chief Security Officer of Facebook
• Maggie Wilderotter, Executive Chairman of Frontier Communications

Follow-on

Incoming President Trump has indicated that he wants a full review of U.S. cyber protection policy.^[4]

References

1. "Announcing the President's Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
2. The Commission will make detailed short-term and long-term recommendations to strengthen cybersecurity in both the public and private sectors, while protecting privacy, ensuring public safety and economic and national security, fostering discovery and development of new technical solutions, and bolstering partnerships between Federal, State, and local government and the private sector in the development, promotion, and use of cybersecurity technologies, policies, and best practices. Executive Order 13718 of February 9, 2016 "Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity". National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Archived from the original on 22 November 2016.
3. Rockwell, Mark (21 November 2016). "Cyber panel closes in on final recommendations". Federal Computer Week (FCW). 1105 Media, Inc. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
4. Costello, John (10 November 2016). "Overview of President-Elect Donald Trump's Cyber Policy". Flashpoint. Archived from the original on 22 November 2016.