Government Information Security Podcast

The Washington think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies released in December a report from the Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency, a bipartisan comprehensive study initiated in 2007 of the cybersecurity challenges the next president would face. Among the commission's recommendation was the creation within the White House of an Office of Cyberspace that would address federal government information challenges. In a two-part interview with GovInfoSecurity.com, commission co-chair Harry Raduege discusses how he sees the Obama administration addressing the panel's recommendations. In Part 1, Raduege explains: The stark reality that the bad guys are winning and our nation is at risk. Why a White House Office of Cyberspace is critically needed to secure federal IT. How the government must change the mindset of federal employees to help assure IT security. Harry D. Raduege Jr., chairman of the Deloitte Center for Network Innovation, is a retired Air Force lieutenant general who s