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[ NNSquad ] Commerce Dept. releases major "Cybersecurity, Innovation, and the Internet Economy" report
Commerce Dept. releases major "Cybersecurity, Innovation, and the Internet Economy" report http://j.mp/kJfhl8 (This message in Google Buzz) - - - As promised, the U.S. Commerce Department has released their "Cybersecurity, Innovation, and the Internet Economy" Report that I mentioned yesterday. The announced conference call that was planned to discuss and handle Q&A related to the report was cancelled this morning (no reason given), but apparently will be rescheduled. The full report (77 pages, PDF) is at: http://j.mp/m4qPsx (NIST) Summary page (HTML) is here: http://j.mp/jQDH45 (Commerce) I would initially tend to characterize the report as largely noncontroversial in most aspects, with one notable exception. In many ways it's something of a "potpourri" wish list for cybersecurity research, threat sharing and analysis, and other concerns that are already the focus of major work by various stakeholders in the Internet community for many years. I sense that there may have been an explicit desire to keep this report from becoming a flash point for certain controversial topics. For example, the word "piracy" apparently does not appear anywhere in the text. The phrase "intellectual property" (or "IP" in that context) has only around five appearances that I counted. On the other hand, the report predictably attempts to promote the administration's highly controversial "NSTIC Identity Ecosystem" for government-linked credentials, that would increasingly be required for access to Internet-based systems under that proposal. While I continue to believe that most proponents of NSTIC have laudable motives, I also strongly feel that the negative risks of the proposal -- at least in its current form -- far outweigh potential benefits, see: http://j.mp/epfJcK (Lauren's Blog) for more on this. Today's report from Commerce is definitely worth reading in its entirety, even if it doesn't appear to break much really new ground. Even just as an overview of the current state of affairs in many respects, it is worthwhile to peruse, and I urge you to do so. Thanks. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Google Buzz: http://j.mp/laurenbuzz Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com