From: FedScoop
The designation of 16 U.S. industrial sectors as critical national infrastructure dates back to the Clinton administration. A commission may be changing what those sectors are in the coming months.
By Shaun Waterman
The president’s cybersecurity commission is weighing changes to the way the U.S. government defines which industries are vital to the life of the nation — a move with potentially enormous legal and financial impact on the business sectors involved.
“How we define critical infrastructure is going to have to evolve with technology, with innovation,” said Kiersten Todt, the executive director of the President’s Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit in Washington.
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