{"584607":{"#nid":"584607","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Clone of President\u2019s Cybersecurity Commission Releases Report","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPresident Barack Obama received a report today from a bipartisan commission that \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2016\/12\/02\/statement-president-report-commission-enhancing-national-cybersecurity\u0022\u003Eaddresses\u003C\/a\u003E cybersecurity challenges facing government and industry. Annie Ant\u0026oacute;n, professor and chair of the Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing, served on the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity. She said the report includes opportunities for new research and advances in engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe commission \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/docs\/cybersecurity_report.pdf\u0022\u003Eissued its consensus report\u003C\/a\u003E addressing six imperatives and offering action items that can be implemented by President-elect Donald Trump and his team.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnt\u0026oacute;n highlighted recommended steps that would be of special interest to Georgia Tech students, faculty and researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe commission declared that cybersecurity should be a basic requirement for the accreditation of any programs in engineering and computing disciplines.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;More than 1.5 million cybersecurity professionals are needed globally by 2020,\u0026rdquo; Ant\u0026oacute;n said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe also emphasized the recommendation that all IoT (Internet of Things) devices should be secure by default. These devices include everything from refrigerators to fitness trackers to the drill of an oil rig.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This is a game changer because it takes the burden off the end users and places it on the engineers and manufacturers who design and create IoT products,\u0026rdquo; she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother action item calls on the federal government to make the development of\u0026nbsp;usable, affordable and inherently secure resilient systems its top priority for cybersecurity research and development.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnt\u0026oacute;n also stressed a recommendation for the federal government to support cybersecurity-focused research in traditionally underfunded areas such as policy, law and the social impacts of privacy and security technologies, as well as issues specific to small and medium-sized businesses.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This highlights the need for more interdisciplinary classes and research,\u0026rdquo; she said. \u0026ldquo;It became clear to the commission that the human factors of cybersecurity are not well understood and require focused research nationally.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is already working in the area through programs such as the Institute\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;Privacy Technology, Policy and Law course, Ant\u0026oacute;n said. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe commission was created in February by presidential executive order as part of the Cybersecurity National Action Plan. The group, which has been working since April, was tasked with making detailed recommendations on ways to strengthen cybersecurity in public and private sectors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 12-person nonpartisan commission included cybersecurity experts from government, academia and industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The quality of thoughtful deliberation and debate among the commissioners was inspiring throughout this past year,\u0026rdquo; Ant\u0026oacute;n said. \u0026ldquo;Debates were not held along party lines, but instead were constructive and focused solely on determining what was best for our nation and for securing the digital economy.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnt\u0026oacute;n, an expert on software compliance with federal privacy and security regulations, has served on a number of privacy and security advisory boards, including for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the National Institute of Standards and Technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESee a full list of commission members \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nist.gov\/cybercommission\/commissioners\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnnie Ant\u0026oacute;n, professor and chair of the Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing, served on the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity. She said the group\u0026#39;s report\u0026nbsp;includes opportunities for new research and advances in engineering.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Annie Ant\u00f3n, professor and chair of the School of Interactive Computing, served on the Commission on Enhancing National Security."}],"uid":"33939","created_gmt":"2016-12-05 14:52:25","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"David Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-12-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-12-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"522611":{"id":"522611","type":"image","title":"Annie Ant\u00f3n photo","body":null,"created":"1460134800","gmt_created":"2016-04-08 17:00:00","changed":"1480708522","gmt_changed":"2016-12-02 19:55:22","alt":"","file":{"fid":"205377","name":"annie-anton1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/annie-anton1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/annie-anton1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2994372,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/annie-anton1_0.jpg?itok=PwUosnEq"}}},"media_ids":["522611"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/docs\/cybersecurity_report.pdf","title":"Report from the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~aianton\/","title":"Annie Ant\u00f3n"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.nist.gov\/cybercommission","title":"Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity"}],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"145981","name":"IISP"},{"id":"815","name":"economic development"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"145171","name":"Cybersecurity"},{"id":"39481","name":"National Security"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"106361","name":"Business and Economic Development"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura Diamond - Media Relations\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.diamond@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}