The White House issued an executive order Friday that revamps the policy and procedures for handling classified information in an effort to prevent future WikiLeaks incidents.
Infosecurity.Com - Under the executive order, which caps a seven-month government information security review, agencies were directed to designate a senior official to oversee classified information sharing and protection, implement an insider threat detection and prevention program, and perform self-assessments of compliance with information policy and standards.The White House directive creates a senior information sharing and safeguarding steering committee that will have responsibility for coordinating federal agency information security efforts and tracking agency implementation of policy and standards. In addition, a classified information sharing and safeguarding office will be established within the US government’s Program Office of the Information Sharing Environment to focus on protecting classified national security information. More
