[ISN] Government planning cyberalert system

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Date: Wed Jan 28 2004 - 02:41:54 PST

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    By Robert Lemos 
    Staff Writer, CNET News.com
    January 27, 2004
    
    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to announce details of
    a cyberalert system on Wednesday, two days after a virus called MyDoom
    spread rapidly across the Internet.
    
    The system, which will be detailed by the department's National Cyber
    Security Division, could mimic the color-coded scheme the government
    uses to warn citizens and alert law enforcement authorities of
    terrorism threats, a source familiar with some details of the plan
    said.
    
    The latest e-mail virus, MyDoom, underscores the need for a system to
    alert and inform Internet users. The mass-mailing computer virus took
    off on Monday, spreading faster than any previous virus, security
    experts said this week. The alert system could include a common way
    for home and business users to report security issues and Internet
    threats.
    
    Details of the early warning system will be outlined by Amit Yoran,
    the division's director, according to a press release issued by the
    department Tuesday.
    
    The announcement comes about two months after officials met with
    technology industry experts to form plans in five areas: awareness for
    home users and small businesses, cybersecurity early warning,
    corporate governance and security, technical standards and building
    better security into software.
    
    Those meetings built upon the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace,
    a policy blueprint the Bush Administration released almost a year ago.  
    While the strategy has been criticized as being soft on an industry
    keen to avoid regulation, several administration officials talked
    tough at the National Cyber Security Summit in December.
    
    The National Cyber Alert System will be announced at a press
    conference in Washington, D.C., early Wednesday.
    
    
    
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