Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity to Issue Recommendations Friday

The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity is to publicly release a full version Friday of its recommendations to the White House on actions the private and public sectors can take over the next decade to improve cyber defenses and raise cyber awareness, the commission said Thursday. CENC officially delivered its recommendations to President Barack Obama Thursday as directed in the White House's February Cybersecurity National Action Plan (see 1602090068). CENC has “distilled all their findings into a series of recommendations to the new administration across six imperatives,” the commission said in a media advisory. “Each imperative addresses a different aspect of cybersecurity.” Obama is expected to release his response to the recommendations Friday at 2:30 p.m. CENC is to publish the recommendations at 3 p.m. Suggestions are expected to include a continued focus on the use of voluntary cybersecurity standards and instituting incentives to encourage private sector cybersecurity improvements. CENC also considered recommending the White House create a special assistant to the president on cybersecurity issues who would have the same rank as the national security adviser. The commission may recommend the White House set up a public-private “consortium” to advise the president on cybersecurity issues. The body also considered seeking creation of a labeling system for electronic devices along the lines of nutrition labels on packaged foods that would indicate how a particular device complies with cybersecurity standards (see 1611220065).