| Market Incentives Approach to Cyber Security |
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The ISAlliance has been the champion of the notion that information security NOT be regulated in the tradition of mandating private industry. Given that the vast majority of the networks that comprise the internet are owned and operated by private industry, information security needs to be governed though market-based incentives. Read about ISAlliance In the News on this new approach to cyber security. On April 10, 2007, the ISAlliance released an updated white paper developed by the Board of Directors at both the request of and in collaboration with the new Congress and DHS. On September 13, 2006, ISAlliance COO testified before the Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee with requests to conduct more hearings on how the Congress can explore market incentives. The ISAlliance is also responsible for drafting this language into a Value Proposition as part of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan. The ISAlliance has taken the lead since 2002, when Representative Adam Putnam, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Technology and Information Policy created the Corporate Information Security Working Group (CISWG). On March 1st, 2007 Chief Operations Officer Clinton joined a group of experts at the annual Homeland Security Conference through the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association. Clinton's contribution focused on the incentives government can utilize to promote better information security practices in private industry. Click on his name below to read the speech.
Cyber Fusion: National Cyber Defense Panel One of the most difficult and daunting challenges the United States faces today is enhancing the security of what we now collectively refer to as cyber-space – the complex set of systems that comprise our telecommunications and information technology infrastructures. Almost every aspect of our lives, and the operation of all the critical infrastructures we rely upon for our nation to function, is dependent in some way on the orderly behavior of cyber-space. However, the nation and the world are experiencing an ever growing and more sophisticated variety of cyber-attacks, from a wide set of actors. Numerous studies have pointed out the vulnerabilities in our telecommunications and information technology infrastructures, and the lack of a comprehensive and adequately resourced capability to detect and respond to cyber attacks in rapid fashion. In order to deal with this challenge, the Department of Homeland Security has recently created the position of Assistant Secretary for Cyber-security and Telecommunications. The panel discussion will provide a variety of perspectives on the challenges we face in cyber-security, and how we should go about dealing with them. What should the Federal government be doing under the leadership of DHS, and what can and should the private sector be doing to help make our telecommunications and information technology infrastructures more secure? Moderator: Ms.
Sallie McDonald Panelists: Mr.
Karl M. Brondell Mr.
Larry Clinton Mr.
Jerry Dixon Lt
Gen Al Edmonds, USAF (Ret.) Col Gary McAlum, USAF Mr.
John Nagengast Mr.
Chris Painter
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"ISAlliance has taken the lead in the development of a market-based
incentive model as a substitute for regulation. This sort of effort simply
doesn't exist elsewhere" 
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