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Cyber Security Oversight--New Role for CEOs

Cyber security affects nearly every company and every individual nationwide. As networked information systems and the Internet become more pervasive and critical to our global economy, it is essential that we protect our information assets. We've seen what happens if we don't.

System outages cost millions of dollars in lost data, manufacturing downtime, and PR damage. Moreover, risks to information systems from hackers, disgruntled insiders, cyber terrorists, viruses and worms have never been greater.

Today, more than ever, CEOs and senior executives must protect their business by assessing the risks to their information systems and instituting organizational, policy and budgetary mechanisms to mitigate these risks.

But, for many CEOs, information security risk management is a new area of responsibility. This web site helps CEOs come up to speed on information security risk management issues and quickly assess their own company's cyber preparedness.

TechNet's Corporate Information Security Evaluation for CEOs
The TechNet CEO Task Force is a group of leading information technology executives who have created a corporate information security evaluation.

Designed by CEOs, for CEOs, this evaluation form will provide CEOs with a quick but comprehensive assessment of their company’s information security program. It takes approximately sixty minutes to complete.

Why should you trust technology executives?

As early users of networked information systems, technology companies have more practical experience to share -- from years of use -- than any other industry. As inventors and stewards of the Internet and information systems, they feel a deep sense of responsibility to protect its vitality.

And as CEOs, they understand the need to balance the risks with business interests and the bottom line.
The Corporate Cyber Security Challenge: December 31, 2005
TechNet challenges all companies to use this evaluation to assess and improve their information security readiness by December 31, 2005.

To take the TechNet's Online Corporate Information Security Evaluation and assess your company's cyber preparedness, please click here.

To learn more about this initiative, please click here.

For the complete CEO Toolkit, please click here.