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 HSA@20 Episode Companion: Cybersecurity



 April 7, 2023
 This Insight accompanies the Cybersecurity episode of The Homeland Security Act at 20 podcast series
 and includes background information on the issues discussed during the podcast.
 Click this link to ask questions, provide feedback, or offer suggestions for future topics. You can also e-
mail the podcast team at HSA20@aloc.gov. Thank you for your engagement.

Cybersecurity  and  the Homeland   Security  Act (HSA)
Although the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA; P.L. 107-296) rearranged some cybersecurity
functions, substantive changes to cybersecurity began in earnest 2013.

Phase  I: Before 9/11
      Cybersecurity was on the agenda, but not in the forefront of public debate.
         Road Map  for National Security: Imperative for Change: The Phase III Report of the
          U.S. Commission on National Security/21 Century, informally known as the Hart-
          Rudman  Report.
         Senator Domenici's bill: S. 1407, the Critical Infrastructures Protection Act of 2001.
      Information security policy development and operations were largely being conducted
       by the Department of Defense in the classified realm, as they had the capability, the
       expertise, the capacity, and the authority to carry it out.
       *  Other federal actors included:
             The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-the longstanding
              federal authority for computer security; and
             Law enforcement agencies, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and
              U.S. Secret Service (USSS).

Phase  I: The HSA  Moves   Some  Elements  to DHS; Policy  Doesn't Change  Much
    *  The HSA moved  certain components into the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
       Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate (IAIP) in 2003:

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