Cybersecurity Standards Should Avoid Mandatory Requirements, Maintain Efficacy, White House Official Says

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The White House is in a "tough space" when it comes to finding a way to make cybersecurity standardsneffective without making them mandatory, said Andy Ozment, White House senior director of cybersecurity.nThe administration's plan has been based on an understanding that "there is reasonable concernnthat a top-down approach to regulation will be harmful rather than helpful," he said Thursday. Ozment outlinednthe White House's existing priorities for cybersecurity and discussed the legislation the White Housenhas pushed for, at a keynote address to network security professionals at a conference organized by an associationncalled USENIX. He also emphasized to the audience that though the administration was doing all itncould to prioritize cybersecurity, real progress could only come through their individual efforts.