What Does Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) 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.
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.