Easy answer - the US President.
Who is Responsible for Internet Architecture Security?
(September 10 & 11, 2019)
Witnesses at a September 10 House Armed Services Committee Hearing
on Securing the Nation’s Internet Architecture included Jeanette Manfra,
Assistant Director for Cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland
Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency; Diane
Rinaldo, Acting Assistant Secretary and Administrator at the Department
of Commerce’s National telecommunications and Information
Administration; and Ed Wilson. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber
Policy at the Department of Defense’s Office of the Undersecretary of
Defense for Policy. Committee Chairman Jim Langevin (D-Rhode Island)
noted that while various agencies have laid claim to distinct aspects of
cyber policy, there is no single entity that has responsibility for the
security of Internet architecture and said, "I’m very worried that by
carving out discrete lanes in the road, there are seams left unaddressed
in the middle, and I'm concerned that internet architecture security is
one of those seam issues.”
Read more in:
- fcw.com: FCW: Who defends the Internet?
- armedservices.house.gov: Armed Services: IETC & Oversight Committee Joint Hearing: Securing the Nation’s Internet Architecture Article Title