http://www.afcea.org/signal/articles/templates/200902SIGNALConnections.asp?articleid=1849&zoneid=253 By Katie Packard AFCEA Signal February 17, 2009 A U.S. Defense Department-sponsored organization has issued a report that illustrates how vulnerable an operational information technology system can be to threats from the inside of an organization. The Information Assurance Technology Analysis Center (IATAC) published The Insider Threat to Information Systems: A State of the Art Report to help define what constitutes an insider attack and how government, industry and academia are addressing these threats. The report also presents best practices government and industry can use to mitigate potential attacks. IATAC is one of 10 information analysis centers managed by the Defense Technical Information Center, which serves the Defense Department community as a central resource for department- and government-funded scientific, technical, engineering and business research. IATAC provides the Defense Department with emerging scientific and technical data in support of information assurance and information operations. Gene Tyler, IATAC’s director, shares that IATAC publishes approximately one state-of-the-art report (SOAR) each year. “Because IATAC handles information assurance and cybersecurity-type issues, our steering commission suggested insider threats would be a good topic to research” for a new SOAR, he says. [...] _______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books and More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/Received on Fri Feb 20 2009 - 01:45:51 PST
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