A study from a top cybersecurity analyst firm confirms that big data analytics offer a powerful arsenal for cyber security, but adoption is alarmingly slow. The report, released by Teradata Corp...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Worst global cyber threats of 2012
The Nominum security team analyzed DNS data across the globe to identify the worst malicious bots of 2012 and ranked them according to breadth and repercussions of infection. The team found that...
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
Chinese Army unit is behind cyber espionage campaigns, researchers claim
Mandiant, the computer forensic and incidence response firm that got called in following the recent breaches of the New York Times' and Wall Street Journal's networks, has issued a comprehensive repor...
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The cyber war is real -- and our defenses are weak
I used to think "cyber war" was the most overhyped security buzzphrase of all time. And it was -- until Stuxnet and APTs (advanced persistent threats) arrived. Now, as Bob Violino detailed in his recent InfoWorld article, all-out cyber war has begun.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Washington National Guard: Model for Cyber Defense?
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My friend Russ McRee pointed me to an article recently: WA National Guard focusing on cyber security. From the article:
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The Washington National Guard is leveraging a decade of investment in cyber security at Camp Murray in Lakewood into projects that could protect state and local governments, utilities and private industry from network attacks.
The aim is to bring to the digital world the kind of disaster response the National Guard already lends to fighting wildfires and floods, said Lt. Col. Gent Welsh of the Washington Air National Guard.
“Just as ‘Business X’ needs the National Guard to come in and fill sand bags, ‘Business X’ might need to call the National Guard if it’s overwhelmed on the cyber side,” Welsh said.
The new task plays to a growing strength in the state’s National Guard, which draws on employees from companies including Microsoft and Amazon to provide special expertise in its network warfare units.
I first learned of this initiative when Russ Tweeted about it in June. In an email exchange he described his role in the Washington State Guard (WSG):
"The WSG is an all volunteer force that is a state defense force, with what is typically an emergency management mission. See Title 38 of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW). WSG is also authorized by Federal law, Title 32 of the United States Code.
We most often serve as liaison officers in support of the Emergency Support Function (ESF) 20 (defense support for civilian authorities) function per Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Incident Management System (NIMS) / Incident Command System (ICS) guidance during major events (disasters, natural or human caused).
WSG remains a place where extremely experienced soldiers who have exceeded age requirements for active/reserve service can continue to serve as well as folks like me with no prior service who can't get the federal services to consider them for age reasons.
We can be called to active duty but in-state only. I was on active duty with orders for two days in June for a major statewide exercise. When we're called up for such activity we become peer in rank and responsibility to our National Guard counterparts.
I'll also be seeing some active duty time again in the immediate future in support of the initiatives mentioned in the article."
I think this is a great start on a journey towards applying private sector expertise to national digital security problems, but on a local scale. The News Tribune article mentions that the Guard (in all its forms) is working to figure out how it can provide help to besieged companies, from a legal and logistical perspective.
I think this line from the news article summarizes a key theme in this discussion:
"We're not going to wait for the feds to hand us everything," Welsh said.
In our Federal system, we should allow the States (per the 10th Amendment) the freedom to innovate, and thereby invent multiple approaches to fighting digital threats.
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Cyber resilience overtaking security compliance as top business priority
Cyber resilience is becoming a top business priority for the world's largest technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) companies, according to Deloitte's TMT Global Security Study.
The report found companies are shifting their cyber security from a compliance focus and will instead use 2013 as an opportunity to develop a robust information security strategy for managing their IT environments.
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