Homeland Security Launches Cyber Alert System
Posted by malebolgia on 29 January 2004 - 00:06 · 7 comments & 404 views
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#1 Posted by brew crew on 29 Jan 2004 - 02:06
- no comment
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#1.1 Posted by haveblue128 on 29 Jan 2004 - 04:07
- So, "no comment" you must work for the Dept of Homeland Security (DHS)?? If so, what are you doing to evaluate the information infrastructure of this country? I can answer that one-not much. The less DHS spends, the happier it make Mr. Bush.
When you vote next fall, remember one thing: unless you make the kind of money Bill Gate's does, the President only wants you as a tax servant to keep the upper 1% of American's happy. They may be happy, but not safer from terrorism. That is as serious as it gets.
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#2 Posted by LordHatrus on 29 Jan 2004 - 02:42
- pshhhh I personally know ITs that don't even enable WAP on their WAN....... much less to say MAC lists and such.....
And If THEY don't..... I can't see how even the Feds can stop worms trojans, spammers, virii, etc.... -
#2.1 Posted by haveblue128 on 31 Jan 2004 - 03:35
- Bush won't pay even unknowing fools to know on these problems. It a hackers and spamming delight. We are .... out of luck.
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#3 Posted by no-sweat on 29 Jan 2004 - 03:30
- so where is this thing at
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#4 Posted by DVation on 29 Jan 2004 - 13:15
- www.us-cert.gov
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#5 Posted by haveblue128 on 31 Jan 2004 - 03:30
- Whew! The Dept of Homeland Security(DHS) and the Prez would like us to think they are making America safer. Using the net, too. Not so. Unless there is a war on, or he is cutting Bill Gate's taxes, Junior Bush does not have an interest in taking care of business for the 275,000,000 people he works for-you and me. While CERT is a useful group, if they get involved with the sorry bunch from DHS, between hackers and spamers. things are going to get FAR worse.
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"The development and initial operating capability of the National Cyber Alert System elevates awareness and helps improve America's I.T. security posture," Amit Yoran, director of the National Cyber Security Division, says in a statement. "We are focused on making the threats and recommended actions easier for all computer users to understand, prioritize, and act upon." This free system -- the first nationally coordinated cyber-security system -- is managed by the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), a joint venture between the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) of the Department of Homeland Security and private sector companies. Created in September 2003, US-CERT serves as a coordination point between the public and private sectors.
Gal Saloman, chief executive of Discretix, told The Register that 12-15 handsets feature its crypto technology. These devices include phones from Sony Ericsson and other manufacturers, some of which will be declared publicly during the forthcoming 3GSM conference.
Over the last year mobile operators have become more interesting in selling content over mobile phones, providing access to corporate calendaring and performing firmware upgrades over the air. This requirement has led to a need to hardware-based security from handset manufacturers.
Without improvements in security the industry risks repeating the cracks to games for Nokia NGage the accompanied the high-profile release of the integrated phone / gaming device last year, Saloman warned. NGage's protection technology was software based and therefore less secure than a hardware-based system, Discretix argues.
Discretix is a member of the Symbian Platinum Program and its technology also supports Linux. Saloman said Discretix is "still waiting for its first Microsoft customer".
"We'd love to help but we're not seeing much traction in the market," he added.
Discretix also provides security technology for PDAs and storage cards. By contrast to mobile phones this is an area where demand for Discretix' security technology for Microsoft-based devices is far more tangible.