http://www.fcw.com/online/news/153190-1.html By Ben Bain FCW.com July 21, 2008 The Homeland Security Department is interested in learning how the private sector can help secure the perimeter of the government’s information technology networks — a key DHS role in the Bush Administration’s largely classified Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative. DHS asked companies interested in assisting with ongoing efforts to reduce the number access points that agencies use to connect to the Internet and efforts to further monitor and analyze agency networks to submit their qualifications by July 22. The department issued the request for information on July 15. Specifically, DHS is looking for a contractor with extensive knowledge of the EINSTEIN and Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) Initiatives, two ongoing cybersecurity efforts that DHS officials frequently reference when discussing the administration’s largely classified, multiyear, multiagency, potentially multibillion-dollar effort to boost federal cybersecurity. [...] _______________________________________________ Attend Black Hat USA, August 2-7 in Las Vegas, the world's premier technical event for ICT security experts. Featuring 40 hands-on training courses and 80 Briefings presentations with lots of new content and new tools. Network with 4,000 delegates from 50 nations. Visit product displays by 30 top sponsors in a relaxed setting. http://www.blackhat.comReceived on Mon Jul 21 2008 - 22:04:24 PDT
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.2.0 : Mon Jul 21 2008 - 22:40:10 PDT