White House meeting will stress economic side of cybersecurity

On July 14, White House Cyber Security Chief Howard Schmidt, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will meet to discuss the activities since President Barack Obama unveiled the administration's "Cyber Space Policy Review" last May.

Schmidt is expected to discuss how to improve private-sector cybersecurity through economic incentives. Among those invited is Larry Clinton, president of the Internet Security Alliance, which represents a range of critical private security industries concerned about cybersecurity. Clinton said the policy review was the first government document that began to address cybersecurity as an economic rather than operational issue.