Thursday, November 14, 2002

Security and Privacy Our state infrastructure protection committee needs to read IEEE's 2002 report on security and privacy.  This supplement is full of excellent information that helps clarify what the current issues really are. New vulnerabilities are the dark side of globalization and rapid information technology development. Securing our countries, our businesses, and our personal lives against cybercrime and terrorism requires an unprecedented change in laws, policies, culture, and attitudes about cyber security, which in our democracy will evolve over time. In addition, we need more public-private partnerships to protect us from these new threats. Enterprise risk management needs to understand this issue and become involved since exposure will only continue to increase.  I would recommend the articles, Information Assurance in the Twenty-first Century, Computer Attack Trends Challenge Internet Security, and Security Challenges for the Electricity Infrastructure. 9:16:32 AM

Cybersecurity R&D A new cybersecurity bill (H.R. 3394) passed the house yesterday.  I guess it provides about $900 million in funding, but most of it is for R&D work by NIST and NSF.  Olivia Sheng of the University of Utah Eccles Business School has been busy applying for NSF grants.  This would be another good opportunity that perhaps the State could team with the University and the local Infragard chapter. 8:51:27 AM

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