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49. John G. Grimes
John Grimes was nominated by President Bush for the position of assistant secretary of defense for networks and information integration (ASD NII) / Department of Defense chief information officer (CIO) - perhaps one of the few Bush appointees with actual experience in his appointed position, yet who also donated $2,100 between 2003 and 2004 to a PAC operated by Raytheon, an American weapons manufacturer, whose PAC contributes to campaigns of both parties.
50. Gary Forsee
NSTAC provides industry based advice and expertise to the President on issues and problems related to implementing national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) communications policy. NSTAC has identified the need for the government to consider how the convergence of traditional circuit switched telecommunications systems with the Internet might affect existing priority communications systems. They recommended that the government determine how it could obtain priority services in the next generation packet based networks. Forsee, the committee’s chairman, is CEO of Sprint Nextel.
51. Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS)
Under an executive order issued in the wake of 9/11, President Bush renamed the National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Committee (NSTISSC) as the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS). The Department of Defense continues to chair the committee, but certain functions were transferred to the secretary of homeland Security in 2003. The CNSS provides guidance for the security of national security systems, which contain classified information that involves intelligence activities; cryptographic activities related to national security; command and control of military forces; and/or involves equipment that is an integral part of a weapon or weapons systems.
52. Computer Incident Advisory Capability, U.S. Department of Energy
CIAC has been providing the U.S. Department of Energy with incident response, reporting, and tracking, along with other computer security support since 1989. CIAC is a founding member of GFIRST, the Government Forum of Incident Responders and Security Teams and FIRST, an international incident response and security organization. CIAC’s mission is to identify emerging safeguard issues relative to information security and privacy; to advise other agencies on information security and privacy issues pertaining to Federal Government information systems.
53. National Safety Information Exchange
In 1991, the NSTAC, working with the NCS, recommended establishing a Government industry partnership to reduce the vulnerability of the Nation's telecommunications systems to electronic intrusion. The National Safety Information Exchange (NSIE) was established as a forum where government and industry could share information in a trusted and confidential environment. The NSIE process continues to function today, demonstrating that industry and government will share sensitive security information if they find value in doing so. NSIE’s web site, slated for launch in late 2006, is not yet operational.
54. Anthony Russo
The NASIRC, located at Goddard Space Flight Center in Building 28, researches, coordinates, and responds to all reported NASA computer and network security incidents resulting from unauthorized probes, intrusions, and system compromises. In a typical week it is not unusual for NASIRC to receive over one thousand security incident reports of IT security activities involving NASA Field Centers. NASIRC's day to day operations are staffed by Allied Technology Group, Inc., which includes the following people: Anthony Russo, contract project manager; Tom Baxter, lead incident response coordinator; Michael Brice, incident response coordinator; Jacob Whiting, incident response coordinator; Patti Johnson, security analyst; Eric Scanlan, system administration UNIX/NT; Nathan Bagby, applications development; and Frank Husson, who serves as the Allied Technology group director.
55. Howard Schmidt
Schmidt has years of experience in the information security industry, including vice chair of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, receiving his appointment from President George W. Bush. Schmidt served as vice president and chief information security officer for eBay, Inc. and has also been chief security officer for Microsoft Corp., overseeing the Security Strategies Group. Prior to joining Microsoft, Schmidt was a supervisory special agent and director of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), Computer Forensic Lab and Computer Crime and Information Warfare Division. The AFOSI mandate is to investigate intrusions in government and military systems by persons in counterintelligence organizations and criminals. Schmidt recently released a book called "Patrolling Cyberspace: Lessons Learned from a Lifetime in Data Security."
56. National Computer Security Center (NCSC)
The Department of Defense Computer Security Center was established in 1981 to encourage the widespread availability of trusted computer systems for use by facilities processing classified or other sensitive information. In August 1985 the name of the organization was changed to the National Computer Security Center (NCSC).
57. Collaborations in Internet Security (CIS )
In recognition of the need for heightened security awareness and security capabilities on the Internet, the Federal Networking Council's (FNC) Privacy & Security Working Group (PSWG) has been awarded a National Performance Review (NPR) Innovation Fund grant to compare and validate agency approaches to security, and to test the strength of these technologies beyond closed agency networking environments toward both a more global inter-agency and agency/commercial sector environment.
58. Federal Information Systems Security Educators' Association
The Federal Information Systems Security Educators' Association (FISSEA), founded in 1987, is an organization run by and for federal information systems security professionals. FISSEA assists federal agencies in meeting their computer security training responsibilities.
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