For Immediate Release
DHS Press Office
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WASHINGTON—Today, senior Administration officials provided an update on the Administration’s Priorities for Cybersecurity Policy at the Department of Commerce. Yesterday, the President signed anExecutive Order (EO) on Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity and aPresidential Policy Directive (PPD) on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience. These actions will strengthen the security and resilience of critical infrastructure against evolving threats through an updated and overarching national framework that acknowledges the increased role of cybersecurity in securing physical assets.

华盛顿 - 今天，商务部高级政府官员提供了一个关于网络安全策略的管理优先级的更新。 昨天，布什总统签署了行政命令——提高关键基础设施网络安全和总统政策指令——关键基础设施安全和可靠性。 这些行动将通过一个及时更新和全面的国家级框架，加强关键基础设施的安全性和可靠性，以应对不断变化的威胁。这个国家级框架认为信息安全在实物资产安全中承担更加重要的角色。

"DHS actively collaborates with public and private sector partners every day to help prevent and respond to attempted disruptions to the Nation’s critical cyber and communications networks," said Secretary Napolitano. "These actions taken by the President are a key step towards improved security and resilience as we continue to work with Congress to keep our nation safe and secure for generations to come.”

部长Napolitano说：“国土安全部每天都与公共和私营的合作伙伴积极合作，以帮助预防和应对针对国家关键网络和通信网络的破坏企图，总统所采取的这些行动是一个进一步提高安全性和可靠性的重要步骤，我们将继续与国会合作，保证我们的国家安全和后代子孙安全。”

During today’s event, Jane Holl Lute, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) joined Rebecca Blank, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), Michael Daniel, Special Assistant to the President and White House Cybersecurity Coordinator, General Keith Alexander, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command, Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service, James M. Cole, Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, and Dr. Patrick Gallagher, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce,  to provide an update on priorities for 2013, including efforts to share information and work collaboratively among federal agencies and with the private sector to reduce cybersecurity risks.

美国国土安全部副局长Jane Holl Lute、美国商务部副局长Rebecca Blank、总裁和白宫网络安全协调员特别助理Michael Daniel、美国网络司令部指挥官/国家安全局主任/中央安全局主任General Keith Alexander、美国司法部副检察长James M. Cole、商务部负责标准与技术的副部长/国家标准与技术研究院主任Patrick Gallagher博士等人参加了今天的活动，他们更新了2013年的优先事项，包括努力在联邦机构和私营部门进行信息共享和协同工作，以减少网络安全风险。

In support of the EO on Cybersecurity and PPD on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, the Departments of Homeland Security and Commerce have signed aMemorandum of Agreement to improve the synchronization and mutual support of their respective efforts to improve the nation’s cybersecurity while protecting privacy and civil liberties.

为了支持针对网络空间安全的行政命令（EO）和针对关键基础设施安全和可靠性的总统政策指令（PPD），国土安全部和商务部已签署了关于改善在提高国家网络空间安全与保护隐私和公民自由之间的同步性和互支持性。

Critical infrastructure – both physical and cyber – is the backbone of America’s national security and economic prosperity. The Nation’s critical infrastructure is diverse and complex.  It includes distributed networks, varied organizational structures and operating models (including multi-national ownership), interdependent functions and systems in both physical space and cyberspace, and governance constructs that involve multi-level authorities, responsibilities, and regulations. Critical infrastructure faces a variety of risks to its security and ability to function, including manmade acts of terror, extreme weather events, other natural disasters and cyber attacks.

物理空间基础设施和网络空间基础设施都是美国国家安全和经济繁荣的骨干部分。国家关键基础设施是多样的和复杂的，包括分布式网络、多种组织结构和运行模式（包括多国所有权），在物理空间和网络空间的相互依存的功能和系统，以及涉及多层次权限，责任和法规的治理结构。关键基础设施面临着各种各样的有关其安全性和可用性的风险，其中包括人为的恐怖主义行为、极端天气事件以及其它自然灾害和网络空间攻击。

For more information, see this fact sheet.

More from the White House on the EO and PPD.