US National Cyber Director Chris Inglis has defended the country’s soon-to-be-released national cybersecurity strategy with many expecting pushback from industry.
According to Cyberscoop, industry pushback could be expected due to the fact the document is set to expand the government’s role in protecting the nation’s digital infrastructure.
The publication said that early reports suggest the strategy is ‘far more demanding’ of industry than previous efforts.
Inglis said, “If tough means that we have to be serious about what we want cyberspace to do for us and to then be willing to make investments to achieve that and if the government is then willing to put its money where its mouth is by specifying in its own architectures what the non-discretionary attributes are and making investments to deliver those, then it’s time for us to be tough. “Because at the end of the day, something like market forces only takes us so far.”
Inglis added that the strategy was drafted with the idea that cyber regulation needs to go a bit further ‘as we have for cars’, and noted that the strategy is meant to convey an ‘affirmative intentionality’.
Inglis said that while tough, the strategy also highlights his desire to ratchet up regulation with “the lightest possible touch.”
Last year, Inglis endorsed a plan for the creation of a bureau of cyber statistics which will collect and analyse threat data.
Cyberscoop said the idea would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to collect, process and analyse statistics relevant to cyber threats and cybercrimes. In addition, it would require companies that provide incident response services or cyber insurance to report information every 180 days.
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