White House moves on cybersecurity

The White House’s strategy on cybersecurity: Co-opt the opposition.

The Obama administration is crafting an executive order designed to keep the country’s most important digital systems safe from hackers and spies — a new regulatory burden sure to make many in industry recoil.

So the White House is bringing in key players for meetings now — getting early input that the feds hope will make any new rules easier to enforce and voluntary pieces more likely to produce results.