The National Infrastructure Protection Center is slowly improving its ability to provide warnings and analysis on computer security threats, but Congress is still concerned that its greater mission is hurt by a lack of coordination with other agencies and industry. . . .
The National Infrastructure Protection Center is slowly improving its ability to provide warnings and analysis on computer security threats, but Congress is still concerned that its greater mission is hurt by a lack of coordination with other agencies and industry. Between gaining additional workers from the Defense Department and moving forward with a new data mining project for its analysis, the NIPC has made improvements since a General Accounting Office review last year, said Ronald Dick, the director of the center. Dick testified July 25 before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Technology, Terrorism and Government Information Subcommittee.

In their report, GAO officials said the NIPC was hindered by a lack of analysis, staff members and information from industry. But the biggest problem, and one that still has not been addressed, is the lack of agreement within government on the role the center should play in the larger critical infrastructure protection environment, said Robert Dacey, director of information security issues at GAO.

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