Monday, March 17, 2003

Emerging Storm: A Gartner Weblog Gartner has created a weblog entitled "Emerging Storm" that regularly discusses issues like cybersecurity and business continuity.  In a recent post, Rich Mogull discusses the role of government agencies in protecting cyberspace: "Despite the recent involvement of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in coordinating response to the latest Sendmail vulnerability and the development of an EU cybersecurity center, governments play a minor role in the management of cyberincidents. In the U.S., DHS is still in a formulative stage, without a leader for cyberdefenses or a fully defined organizational structure and operating process. DHS is combining a series of cyberagencies - such as the National Infrastructure Protection Center and the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office (and has dissolved the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board) - but none of these agencies have been as effective or responsive as private industry cybersecurity initiatives." I think Rich is correct, none of these agencies seems to have the reach of something like Symantec, CERT, or the Internet Storm Center.  I am hoping that the effectiveness of the Infragard effort will continue to grow. Gartner's weblog was mentioned in a recent Newsfactor article, "Blogging Goes Corporate." 8:20:47 AM    comment []

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