Carney: ‘Consumers Can Trust’ Personal Information on ObamaCare Site Is Safe

CARNEY: "Again, what I would say is that in any website like this, you have to constantly monitor and mitigate potential security risks. That's what will happen and is happening at HealthCare.gov. The fact of the matter is, CMS leadership granted authority to begin operations on September 27th and this memo gave temporary authority to operate for six months and listed a number of strategies, as you said, to mitigate risks including regular testing. So, authority was granted. A process was put in place, as you would expect with a website like this to ensure that security standards are met. And as Secretary Sebelius said, consumers can trust that their information is protected by stringent security standards."
REPORTER: "Was the president made aware of this memo and these concerns four days before the roll-out?"
CARNEY: "The president, as you know, was regularly briefed on the implementation process and all of the things that were happening in the run-up to and since the launch of HealthCare.gov. I don't have a specific meeting or memo to read out to you. But what I can tell you is that this is a memo that, you know, identified the fact that for a website like this we need to be sort of constantly vigilant and making sure that security risks are mitigated to ensure that standards are met and individuals, consumer's information is protected."