In cybersecurity bid, President Barack Obama wants to retire outdated government systems

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The White House says it is working to increase the security of computer systems and data from the federal government after high-profile outages in several agencies, including a recent breach in the Department of Justice.

President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a decree establishing a council of federal privacy for all branches of the administration are using the best and safest practices safeguard information when individual employees, as well as government data.

He also called a meeting of his national security team, complemented by top cybersecurity advisors on Tuesday morning to discuss the new initiative.

"One of the biggest gaps between the public sector and the private sector in our space from you. And it vulnerable to information from around the world, Obama said, describing the systems provide the technology base for Social Security and other programs" archaic ".

"This is not ideological issue does not matter if there is a Democratic president or a Republican president If you have broken systems, old, computers, mainframes, software -.. That no longer works, then you can continue to put a lot of patches but will not make sure, "Obama said.
In his annual budget proposal, unveiled Tuesday, Obama included $ 19 billion for strengthening cyber security in the federal government, including $ 3.1 billion to replace outdated systems it is difficult to secure.

The White House said it was conducting a systematic review of where the government can reduce the use of Social Security numbers as identifiers of citizens. Also they included in the Obama plan: increase the training and recruitment of federal government programs to attract experts in preventing cyber offenses.

Much of Obama's proposal unveiled Tuesday will require Congress to sign. Republican lawmakers have shown little willingness to consider Obama's budget, which also includes new spending for programs addiction treatment infrastructure and heroin.

But Obama said he had already discussed the initiative specifically cyber House Speaker Paul Ryan and expressed optimism that lawmakers would lead to its proposal.
The federal government has been working to secure their systems after a series of embarrassing high-profile violations, including an attack on the office of personnel management information leaving current federal employees and 20 million vulnerable.

The top cyber security experts recognize the new plan does not fully prevent further violations, but said further steps are essential.

"Anyone who thinks that any one thing is the absolute defense is probably wrong," said Tony Scott, the Chief Information Officer of the United States.

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