EO13636 Summary

The Private Sector is an important entity within the Homeland Security Enterprise. The term “enterprise” includes all Department Homeland Security’s (DHS) partners and the 22 different federal agencies to work together with the same common goal (Department of Homeland Security, 2015). One of DHS’s partners is the Private Sector. The Private Sector is considered a single, overarching entity that is comingled within the society (APUS Week 1 Lesson). In simple terms, the private sector is entities that are not part of the public entity or the government and operates to make profit. Unlike the public sector (federal, state, or local government agencies), who operate for the citizens and does not operate for profit. As a single and overarching, entity, the private sector’s roles and responsibilities include: planning, critical infrastructure, partnerships, science and technology, and resilience (APUS Week 1 Lesson).

Cybersecurity is very important today for every company, business, enterprise, agency, and even the government. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a cybersecurity framework to help companies to comply with standards, measurements, and technology to enhance economic security (NIST.gov). NIST 's cybersecurity framework is made of thee basic elements such as Framework core, framework

Increasing defense spending is a must not only to defend our borders but also to assure a leading position in world affairs. President Bush has proposed a $379.9 billon budget for the Department of Defense (DoD), a $15.3 billion increase. The President plans to boost military pay, housing, training, intelligence, and technology. By adding pay and supplying better living quarters to those marines, soldiers, airmen, and sailors enhance morale and allows the further experienced to stay in for a longer time.

As technology advances across the globe, the potential for new types of threats arise. The DHS realized that since 1997, cyber-based attacks on federal systems have continued to increase at an alarming rate. This threatens our countries national security because cyber-based attacks are ever expanding and have continued to be one-step ahead of the DHS, until 2003.

Just like every other organization, Adius, LLC relies on information technology to manage their information, processes, and assets in order to thrive, conduct their business efficiently, and deliver their services effectively. However, no organization is immune from cyber-attacks and threats. In fact, cyber-attacks and threats have been increasing exponentially during the past few years. Having outdated and irrelevant cybersecurity procedures, policies and practices places organizations in greater vulnerabilities and risks. For this reason, cybersecurity procedures, policies and practices in place must be in line and be more relevant to the security needs of Adius, LLC.

Today the world relies on technology and so does the government. The politics has the ability to hack and see through our private information at any give time. It gives the government limitless access to the network. The authority has so many ways on hacking devices and have smart hackers find a “backdoor” to it. I think the government shouldn’t have this kind of people to look through our information or anybody at all.

West, J., & Mar, S. (2017). Fundamentals of a cybersecurity program. Internal Auditor. Retrieved from

First, let’s get down to the facts. After the tragedy of 9/11, Homeland Security was implemented. Around fifty billion U.S. federal dollars are being provided to state/local governments yearly to meet Homeland Security requirements. The president and congress work together to form a budget that determines federal spending each

On October 31, 2010, The United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) achieved Full Operational Capability becoming a sub-unified command under the United States Strategic Command. As a newly formed armed forces command, USCYBERCOM was given the mission for centralizing cyberspace operations, organizing existing cyber resources and synchronizing the defense of military networks. In order to achieve this mission, prior Secretary of Defense, Robert M. Gates, directed the USCYBERCOM to focus on developing cyber capability and capacity via the DoD’s Cyber Strategy. The purpose of this strategy is to guide the development of DoD's cyber forces and strengthen the United States cyber defense and cyber deterrence posture while building cyber capabilities

This memorandum is written to reveal the vulnerabilities of the current state of the United States’ cyber security. It will also specify policy options that can be taken in order to improve the current policy. Cyber security focuses on protecting computers, networks, databases, and programs from unauthorized access or change. Changes need to be made in cyber security as soon as possible if the United States wants to be secure.

information.(Clarke Knake 2012, 140) What the authors in this potential vulnerability, with the Governemet using COTS technology without having a way to defend from attacks, posed a vast vulnerability to communications between the Dept. of Defense along with Military installations, and the executive branch to other agencies. (Clarke Knake 2012, 64-68) The authors give this scenario in a painfully realistic situation, where hackers essentially shutdown the governmental communications and leave the agencies that are in the federal government blind, leaving the reader to wonder, “what would the implications be of this occurring in reality and what would this do to the Government and the United States itself?” This could occur anytime, anywhere, from anywhere in the world. The authors do a very good job at presenting this scenario and how this could affect the highest as well as the lowest levels of the government.

Our program incorporates these security capabilities into a comprehensive, multi-layered defensive approach for ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the public’s sensitive personally identifiable information. As we continue to provide new opportunities for better customer service through new online services, we must remain vigilant in continuing to strengthen our cyber terrorism program capabilities. To that end, we proactively try to penetrate our own information systems daily to rigorous test and analyze any points of vulnerability. We continuously learn more about the ways hackers may try to gain access to our systems, and we continuously devise ways to stop them. Therefore, our cyber terrorism defense program will overpass the performance standards to remain strong, we will continue to evolve our cyber terrorist defense program to reflect changes in technology, changes to business processes, and changes in the complexity of internal or external threats. Continued investments in cyber terrorism projects and initiatives will ensure we have the resources needed to accomplish our agency’s mission and thus maintain public confidence in the agency’s ability to protect their

Somewhat echoing president Obama’s concerns. (Cyberwar: The Challenge to National Security Nathalie Caplan 2013, Volume 4)

Technological advancements in recent decades have drastically affected many aspects of American society; our government is no exception. With a rapidly growing population, it is imperative that we maximize the efficiency of government organizations, while also being mindful of financial burdens. Technology is allowing government organizations to make relevant information more readily available to American citizens, which can reduce the amount of one-on-one time each customer requires with a government employee. The use of the Internet, I believe, has made the most significant change to how we are able to deal with government organizations. Many tasks that used to require mailing letters or meeting someone in person can now be accomplished online. Despite the various positive impacts technology has had on government organizations, there are unfortunately some negative aspects that require attention as well; for example, security concerns. More money must be allocated for cyber security advancements as people learn how to take advantage of modern technology. We’ve seen in the recent Wiki Leaks hacks during the 2016 Presidential Election that hacking can dramatically affect situations within the United States. The Obama Administration formed the Internet Policy Task Force to investigate privacy concerns, copyright issues, cyber security, and virtual economy

The CTO and ENISA share several commonalities that are likely to be found any most other cybersecurity strategy documents. The main ideal that is these documents share is the need for partnerships between both the private sector and the public sector. Without these partnerships it will be extremely difficult to have enough information to prevent future cyber-attacks. These documents also recognize the need for international partnerships to increases security