http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/47612-1.html By William Jackson GCN.com 11/18/08 Government has increased its productivity with the use of information technology, but at the cost of greater threats to information systems, according to Art Coviello, president and chief executive officer of RSA Security Inc. of Bedford, Mass. "We have created a degree of openness in our systems that increase the risks," Coviello said, but added that agencies have not kept up with the job of managing those risks. Coviello, in Washington to meet with government customers, added that he is heartened by an increased level of awareness in government of cyber risks and threats. "More and more attention is being paid to criminal attacks on our intellectual property," he said. "I see a happy confluence of events with President Bush's call for a comprehensive cyber security initiative and Barack Obama.s heightened interest." The president-elect, he said, "was the first one to raise this as a serious campaign topic. What I though would happen in 2003 with the release of the Strategy to Secure Cyber Space is now gaining momentum." Despite the 2003 strategy, the establishment of an assistant secretary for cyber security in the Homeland Security Department, and the passage of the Federal Information Security Management Act, government IT security is not better now than it was five years ago, Coviello said. But that has not been for a lack of effort. There has been a lack of adequate resources to effectively manage the risks that have been multiplying as information systems become more complex, connected and interactive. [...] ______________________________________________ Visit the InfoSec News Security Bookstore Best Selling Security Books and More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.orgReceived on Wed Nov 19 2008 - 23:05:41 PST
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