Federal Government Cybersecurity Progress: Obama Administration Report Card 2009-Present
"In a May 2009 address from the East Room of the White House, President Obama announced the release of a 60-day Cyberspace Policy Review resulting from the president's direction to the National Security and Homeland Security Councils to "conduct a top-to-bottom review of the federal government's efforts to defend our information and communications infrastructure and to recommend the best way to
ensure that these networks are able to secure our networks as well as our prosperity."

As usual, the President delivered a great speech, beginning with, "We meet today at a transformational moment – a moment in history when our interconnected world presents us, at once, with great promise but also great peril." He went on to say, "In short, America's economic prosperity in the 21st century will depend on cybersecurity," while describing the cyber threat as "one of the most serious economic and
national security challenges we face as a nation."

These were some very welcome words, primarily because they emanated from the White House, about Cyber, during a period in which the President was dealing with the financial crisis and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with making good on his campaign pledge to reform the health care insurance industry. If you've never read the speech in its entirety, we encourage you to do so; it is an excellent
read. You can find it on the White House website here.."