{"id":12835,"date":"2012-11-07T16:49:20","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T16:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/comprehensive-national-cybersecurity-initiative\/"},"modified":"2012-11-07T16:49:20","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T16:49:20","slug":"comprehensive-national-cybersecurity-initiative","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/28991\/comprehensive-national-cybersecurity-initiative-cnci","title":{"rendered":"Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_comprehensive_national_cybersecurity_initiative_mean\">What Does Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) is part of National Security Presidential Directive 54\/Homeland Security Presidential Directive 23. Launched by the George W. Bush administration in January 2008, CNCI was created to ensure U.S. security in cyberspace.<\/p>\n<p>President Barack Obama, with the help of his cybersecurity chief, Michael Daniel, has worked since May of 2009 to make CNCI and its associated activities key elements of a broader and updated U.S cybersecurity strategy.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_comprehensive_national_cybersecurity_initiative\">Techopedia Explains Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There is a great deal of unclassified and classified information regarding CNCI, which is made up of 12 sub-initiatives of the main comprehensive initiative comprised of components like deployment of security and counterintelligence. The three major goals of the comprehensive initiative are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Establishing a front line of defense against immediate threats<\/li>\n<li>Defending against a full spectrum of threats<\/li>\n<li>Strengthening the future cybersecurity environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Does Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative Mean? The National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) is part of National Security Presidential Directive 54\/Homeland Security Presidential Directive 23. Launched by the George W. Bush administration in January 2008, CNCI was created to ensure U.S. security in cyberspace. 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