Research from University of Cincinnati Has Provided New Data on Public Administration.

"As government agencies, private sector corporations, the military, and even retail shoppers shift their activities to the Internet, cybersecurity becomes increasingly important. Past presidential administrations recognized that cybersecurity necessitates a comprehensive national policy to protect electronically transmitted and stored information from intrusion," researchers in Cincinnati, United States report.

"But so far, development of a coherent cybersecurity policy has proven to be a daunting task. A feasible policy framework that systematically arrays the issues and specifies parameters of constraints is lacking, and articulated policies and strategies are narrowly focused and implemented incrementally. The authors argue that recent government documents related to cyberspace form a positive foundation on which to build a comprehensive policy," wrote R.J. Harknett and colleagues, University of Cincinnati.

The researchers concluded: "Despite the incremental nature of cybersecurity progress, these key documents represent a cumulative process on which to build future policy."

Harknett and colleagues published their study in Public Administration Review (The New Policy World of Cybersecurity. Public Administration Review, 2011;71(3):455-460).

For additional information, contact R.J. Harknett, University of Cincinnati, University of Faculty, Cincinnati, OH 45221, United States.

Publisher contact information for the journal Public Administration Review is: Wiley-Blackwell, Commerce Place, 350 Main St., Malden 02148, MA, USA.

Keywords: City:Cincinnati, State:Ohio, Country:United States, Region:North and Central America, World Wide Web

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