DHS Open Request For Information (RFI)
From The Internet Security Alliance
The RFI is classified, but in general terms, it seeks information on prospective technical, end-to-end solutions that will help to protect the federal (.gov) cyber domain, and to facilitate cybersecurity improvements affecting the private sector. Registration will remain open until July 22, 2009.
Industry Coalition Develops S-CAP for VoIP
From The Internet Security Alliance
The OMB has already mandated to federal CIO’s that “Information technology providers must use S-CAP validated tools, as they become available, to certify their products do not alter the Federal Desktop Core Configurations, and agencies must use these tools when monitoring use of these configurations.”
Internet Security Alliance Review for July 10
From The Internet Security Alliance
Over 2.7 billion vulnerable programs installed on U.S. computers; Jackson, Fawcett spur Internet fraud; Pro-Iranian regime hackers invade U.S. computers, Xero taken offline by massive U.S. data center failure; Zeus Trojan variant steals FTP login details; ‘Mafiaboy’: cloud computing will cause Internet security meltdown; McAfee glitch causes havoc for IT admins…
ISAlliance Targets Threats to IT Cybersecurity
From The Internet Security Alliance
We need to reduce the risk of accidental or malicious and criminally-funded access to confidential and private information by inside sources such as employees, consultants or business partners that can be used for extortion or other illegal purposes.
Defense Sector Cybersecurity Issues
From The Internet Security Alliance
The current technologies are woefully inadequate. They can deter the average script kiddies but provide little defense against foreign state sponsored attacks and espionage, which represent 5% of the threat responsible for some of the most serious damage. Signature-based intrusion detection, firewalls, and anti virus technologies are all deployed, but they do little to identify or prevent more sophisticated adversaries.
