DHS Napolitano Will Decide Who Is A Cybersecurity ThreatSusanne Posel, Contributor NICE is meant to establish an operational, sustainable and continually improving cybersecurity education program for the nation to use sound cyber practices that will enhance the nations security. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) oversee NICE by providing information and leverage to encourage the development of citizens to become responsible when using the Internet. Beginning in kindergarten, Napolitano hopes that the DHS-sponsored US Cyber Challenge will provide schools, universities and all forms of academia in the private sector the federal government-allocated tools they would need to develop the best and brightest cyber talent to meet our nations growing and changing security needs. DHS solicitedfor 15 toolsets and 11 services for the newly established Continuous Diagnostic and Mitigation (CDM) program for a continuous monitoring system that utilizes hardware asset management, software asset management, vulnerability management, configuration management, and anti-virus. Napolitanos Secretarys Honors Program for Cybersecurity Professionalsis meant to recruit college students for the purpose of assimilating their talents into the federal government for missions including cyber security as defined by the DHS Advisory Council Task Force on CyberSkills.This focus is to ensemble the most effectual cybersecurity team comprised of civilians, US veterans and those educated specifically in the field of IT technologies. For the sake of national security, DHS is selecting the most technically skilled citizens in the avenues of malware and digital forensic analysis, to participate in the Cybersecurity Internship Programfor a 2 year internship that will result in a devotional career in the federal government and service to Big Sis. Moving the nations focus toward a digitally literate workforce that depends on technology provided by the US government will become automatons that use technology securely in order to prepare them for the digital world in which we live. General Keith Alexander, director of the NSA, adds to the propaganda surrounding Leon Panettas cyber Pearl harbor that we may be facing at any moment without the protection of the federal government. President Obama would preferthat the private sector and governmental agencies collaborate to develop cybersecurity standards that will manage the exchange of digital information about looming cyberthreats or malicious software that can damage computer networks. Eric Rosenbach, deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy in the Department of Defense (DoD), believesthat using the NSA to secure American digital infrastructure is almost certainly not the right approach for the United States of America to have a foreign intelligence focus on domestic networks, doing something that throughout history has been a domestic function. Rosenbach would like to see DHS become the leader of domestic cybersecurity while the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is utilized as the US law enforcement agency. The DHS Cyber Security Research and Development Centercollaborates with private sector corporations to protect US cyber infrastructure through partnerships between government and private industry, the venture capital community, and the research community. Advancing cyber security, DHS is gaining fundingfrom international partners for research and development. LOGIC,a consortium of major oil and gas producers (such as BP, Chevron, Dutch Shell, and Total) is working the DHS Science and Technology and the Automation Federation (LOGICs host organization) to securitize energy infrastructure. The Automation Federationis a global umbrella organization which infiltrates associations and societies that facilitate manufacturing and automation activities to pursue their agendas. Their focus revolves around: Food, pharmaceuticals, chemical and petroleum and paper Automation professionals extend to nearly every aspect of the technological industry. They are supported by the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, and backed up by HR 2847which emphasizes the importance of Automation to industry. At this point, Napolitano will decide who is a cyberthreat and that could mean anyone living in America or abroad is at risk. Susanne Posel is the Chief Editor of Occupy Corporatism. Our alternative news site is dedicated to reporting the news as it actually happens; not as it is spun by the corporately funded mainstream media. You can find us on ourFacebook page. linkwithin_text=Related Articles: 