Critical Infrastructure Protection: OMB Leadership Needed to Strengthen Agency Planning Efforts to Protect Federal Cyber Assets

David A. Powner

März 2010 · DIANE Publishing

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Because the nation's critical infrastructure relies on info. tech. systems and data, the security of those assets is critical to ensuring national security and public safety. In 2003, the Pres. directed federal agencies to: (1) develop plans for the protection of their computer-related critical infrastructure assets; and (2) submit them for approval to the Office of Mgmt. and Budget (OMB) by 7/31/04. To do this, OMB issued guidance with 19 criteria deemed essential for effective cyber critical infrastructure protection planning that must be included in the plans. This report determined: (1) the extent to which agencies developed their plans and whether they submitted them to OMB by the deadline; and (2) whether the plans met criteria in OMB's guidance. Illus.