[Infowarrior] - The Cybersecurity Executive Orders: A Tale of Two Trumps

[Richard Forno]

(x-posted)

The Cybersecurity Executive Orders: A Tale of Two Trumps  
Written by Milton Mueller

http://www.internetgovernance.org/2017/02/12/the-cybersecurity-executive-orders-a-tale-of-two-trumps/

One of President Trump’s planned Executive Orders was on Cybersecurity. Two weeks ago, a draft was circulating – but it was never signed and released.

Last week, a new draft was leaked. While we can’t verify its validity, the leaker is a well-connected Beltway consultant with ties to the Heritage Foundation; he claims he has received the draft text from 3 different sources.

We did a side-by-side comparison of the two drafts. There is a huge difference. It’s like night and day, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, or maybe Steve Bannon and Paul Ryan. The first draft managed to be both aggressively nationalistic and short on useful substance.

The second draft is calmer, more focused and better-informed; it reads like it was vetted and amended by an interagency task force that included the Commerce Department, NIST, the State Department and the tech industry and not just the Administration, the military and DHS.

It starts with the title. The old EO says it’s all about strengthening the nation’s security and cyber-capabilities. Its first section emphasizes nationalism and strength; the U.S. is so, so tough and intends to shape cyberspace more than anyone else.

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http://www.internetgovernance.org/2017/02/12/the-cybersecurity-executive-orders-a-tale-of-two-trumps/