Describe the link between Government and industry. What roles and relationships does each have in the NCS?
The NCS Committee of Principals (COP) — and its working body, the Council of Representatives (COR) — represents the member organizations of the NCS. The COP — formed as a result of Executive Order 12472, provides advice and recommendations through the NCS to the National Security Council on NS/EP telecommunications and its ties to other critical infrastructures. The NCS also participates in industry-Government planning through its work with the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC), the Network Security Information Exchanges (NSIEs), the NCS’ National Coordinating Center (NCC), with its Communications Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Comm-ISAC), as well as through the Communications Sector Coordinating Council and Government Communications Coordinating Council.
