Part of the division's responsibility will be to coordinate the efforts of several cyber security offices that were folded into the Homeland Security Department this year and now will become part of the new division, including the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office, the National Infrastructure Protection Center, the Federal Computer Incident Response Center, and the National Communications System.
The DHS said the NCSD builds upon capabilities transferred the former Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office, the National Infrastructure Protection Center, the Federal Computer Incident Response Center, and the National Communications System.
As of 1 March 2003, some of the essential agencies scheduled to transfer to the OHS are- * Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), National Communications System, Department of Commerce Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office, National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center, Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Assurance Office, and the Federal Computer-Incident Response Center of the General Services Administration.
The "Information Security Oversight" study, conducted by the National Association of Corporate Directors and sponsored by KPMG's Audit Committee Institute in cooperation with The IIA, The Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office, and the U.
Many of these appointments have unnecessarily politicized an issue which should be viewed in terms of bipartisan importance," said John Tritak, head of the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office, which acts as the liaison between the White House and the various government agencies on critical infrastructure initiatives.
A recent White House conference, sponsored by the United States' Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office and organized by the Institute of Internal Auditors and the National Association of Corporate Directors, issued a call to action for boards to take the lead in assuring information security.
Government's Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office (CIAO), a federal interagency organization created by presidential directive in 1998 to coordinate the development and implementation of U.
