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Module Notes: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Cybersecurity

Memorandum of Agreement between The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense Regarding Cybersecurity. Retrieved from https://www.dhs.gov

Roesener, G., Bottolfson, C., & Fernandez, G. (2014). Policy for US Cybersecurity Air & Space Power Journal, 28(6), 38-5.  Retrieved from http://vlib.excelsior.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=99434189&site=eds-live&scope=site

• Department of Homeland Security (2011). Blueprint for a Security Cyber Future. Retrieved from https://www.dhs.gov/blueprint-secure-cyber-future

• The White House (2003). The National Strategy to Security Cyberspace. Retrieved from http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/pcipb/

• The White House (2016). The Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative. Retrieved from https://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/foreign-policy/cybersecurity/national-initiative

• Wilshusen, G. C., & Barkakati, N. (2013). CYBERSECURITY: National Strategy, Roles, and Responsibilities Need to Be Better Defined and More Effectively Implemented. GAO Reports, 1. Retrieved from http://vlib.excelsior.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ulh&AN=86699071&site=eds-live&scope=site\

Review the following webpages from the Department of Homeland Security. They contain information about the organization and areas of operation for the department. 

• DHS Cybersecurity Information Page (https://www.dhs.gov/topic/cybersecurity.)

  • Browse the links on Cybercrime, Information sharing, Incident response, and Protecting Critical Infrastructure

• DHS National Protection and Program Directorate (NPPD) (https://www.cisa.gov/about-cisa)

  • Review the mission of NPPD and the National Infrastructure Protection Plan

• DHS Office of Cybersecurity and Communications (https://www.dhs.gov/cisa/cybersecurity-division.)

  • Review the role of Cybersecurity and Communications (CS&C) in protecting the .gov domain

• DHS Office of Cyber & Infrastructure Analysis (https://www.cisa.gov/national-risk-management.)

  •  Review the role of the office and its place in implementing Presidential Decision Directive 21 and Executive Order 13636. This will also be important in Module 5.

• National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (https://www.dhs.gov/cisa/national-cybersecurity-communications-integration-center.)

  • Review how the mission and branches expandable/contractible tabs to understand how the center works and with whom.