http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/07/tech-security.html By Peter Nowak CBC News October 7, 2008 A national cyber-security strategy that will seek to protect key infrastructure as well as Canadians' identities is on the way , an RCMP executive says. Details of the strategy - a partnership between the public and private sectors - will emerge over the next few months, said David Black, manager of the RCMP's cyber infrastructure protection section. The plan is being put together by Public Safety Canada with input from telecommunications and technology companies such as Bell Canada Inc. and Microsoft Corp. "There's a lot of discussion about what Canada needs to do about cyber security," he told an audience of cyber-security professionals at a conference in Toronto. "You should be hearing elements of that strategy emerging post-election." Some details may emerge at a high-level security conference being hosted by the Conference Board of Canada in Gatineau, Que., in early November. A number of officials from Defence Canada, as well as Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day, are scheduled to speak at the event. The plan is likely to address a number of the issues the RCMP considers priorities, including identity theft, the evolution of cyber crime for profit, the protection of critical cyber infrastructure and the convergence of technological and physical security. [...] __________________________________________________ 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 Wed Oct 08 2008 - 01:06:42 PDT
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