The White House has declassified¹ parts of a top secret plan outlining how government will protect the nation's computer networks from cyber warfare².

美国白宫揭密一项顶级机密计划的某些部分， 该计划是关于政府如何保护计算机网络免受网络袭击。

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Mr Schmidt called for new partnerships on cybersecurity

The announcement by cybersecurity tsar（沙皇 ，特权人物） Howard Schmidt was made at the world's biggest security event.

The move is aimed at encouraging greater co-operation between academia（学术界） , government and the private sector⁴.

"We have to fully⁵ recognise the importance cybersecurity has in our lives," Mr Schmidt said.

"We must continue to seek out（找出） innovative⁶ new partnerships - not only within government, but also among industry, government and the American public," he told delegates at the event, hosted by the security company RSA in San Francisco.

It was his first major speech to industry peers（平辈，同事） since being appointed to the job in December 2009.

The Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) was introduced in 2008 by then-President George W Bush.

Going public

There are 12 parts to the CNCI, including cyber counterintelligence（反间谍活动） and deterrence⁷（妨碍物，威慑） strategies.

For the first time the government has published a general description of what they are on its website.

The aim of the programme is threefold:
to establish a front line of defence against today's immediate⁸ threats
to defend against the full spectrum⁹（光谱，频谱） of threats
to strengthen the future cybersecurity environment

The CNCI funds a number of sensitive projects including the government's Einstein technology, which focuses on securing the vast computer network that operates under the dot.gov domain¹⁰, as well as detecting attempts to access those systems.

The document acknowledges that traditional security approaches have fallen short, but says the federal government is moving forward in outlining "grand challenges" for the research community to help solve.

Mr Schmidt said the declassification¹¹ would show that the government has a workable strategy for protecting the nation's computer systems in the event of a cyber attack.

Parts of the initiative that deal with the nation's offensive plans for cyberwarfare have not been made public.