http://www.fcw.com/online/news/153789-1.html By Ben Bain FCW.com September 15, 2008 Senior government officials today discussed details of the Bush administration’s largely classified, multibillion-dollar national cybersecurity initiative, emphasizing the private sector’s role in those efforts. Officials from the Homeland Security Department, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the White House and other agencies involved in the governmentwide effort to secure cyberspace told an industry group today about counterintelligence, supply chain security and research and development portions of the plan. Disclosures thus far about the National Cyber Security Initiative have largely been limited to information regarding the government’s effort to improve the security of the .gov network. Paul Schneider, DHS’ deputy secretary, said the initiative has three focus areas: establishing the front lines of defense against cyberattacks and reducing current vulnerabilities, defending against a full spectrum of threats by using intelligence, and shaping the future through research and investment in new technologies. “In research and development we will be spending a significant amount of resources in the private sector and that’s because that’s where the technology’s going to come from,” he said at an Information Technology Association of America event. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/Received on Tue Sep 16 2008 - 01:44:48 PDT
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