Fortinet and the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI)

After numerous cyber attacks on several federal agency computer systems in the time period following 9/11, The White House determined that the government needed a more comprehensive strategy to defend government networks and sensitive information from hackers and nation states. On January 8, 2008, President Bush launched the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI), by issuing National Security Presidential Directive 54.