Cybersecurity czar will have hard road ahead
However, in a report released last week, the U.S. General Accounting Office took the Department of Homeland Security to task, arguing that the federal agency has made progress toward, but not fulfilled, any of its 13 cybersecurity responsibilities. More clout for the chief cybersecurity officer within the DHS could help the situation but will not solve the problems, said David Powner, director of information technology management issues at the GAO and the lead author of the report.
"Creating an assistant secretary position will clearly be helpful, but it won't be a silver bullet," Powner said. "Just elevating that position does not solve some of the DHS's challenges."
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