WASHINGTON—The White House has released its Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity report, which considered recommendations contributed by credit union stakeholders.
The commission received the most comments on federal cybersecurity governance, noted NAFCU in its analysis of the report.
NAFCU said it has urged the commission to work to unify platforms used for cybersecurity information sharing to improve efficiency and avoid duplication. The commission also recommended centralizing IT infrastructure through consolidating basic network operations.
The report also urges retailers to use strong authentication solutions as a default for their major online applications – a recommendation NAFCU has pushed for.
“NAFCU continues to push for the creation of a strong data security standard for retailers to eliminate weaknesses in point-of-sale systems,” the trade association stated.
President Barack Obama created the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity in April. The commission is made up of 12 members from the business, technology and academic sectors who were chosen by the president and congressional leaders from both parties.
Obama stated that the report “makes clear that cybersecurity is one of the greatest challenges we face as a nation. That is why I have consistently made cybersecurity a top national security and economic security priority, reflected most recently by the Cybersecurity National Action Plan I announced in February and my 2017 Budget, which called for a more than 35% increase in Federal cybersecurity resources.”