http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/focus-secrecy-could-hamper-pentagons-cybersecurity-plans-083010 By Paul Roberts Threatpost.com 08/30/2010 The former head of the Department of Homeland Security's Cyber Security Division warns that the U.S. military's preoccupation with secrecy could hamper efforts to get the upper hand in cyber security. An article last week by the U.S Deputy Secretary of Defense put the U.S. military's cybersecurity plans in the spotlight. Writing for the magazine Foreign Affairs, William J. Lynn III confirmed that a 2008 security breach resulted in a malicious code infection that touched both classified and unclassified intelligence networks and prompted a ground-up rethinking of the Pentagon's approach to cyber security. Lynn painted a mostly optimistic picture of the Military's about face on cybersecurity, which culminated in the creation of a Cyber Command, under the direction of a four star general and with a direct line of communication to the Secretary of Defense and Commander in Chief. Lynn also declared a new era in the arena of computer intrusions and defense, with cyber a new theater of warfare in need of a tried and true approach: Cold War style alliances with allies and the private sector to spot and thwart emerging threats. What does it all mean? To get a better understanding of what's really changed, Threatpost.com sat down with Amit Yoran, CEO of Netwitness and a former head of the Department of Homeland Security's Cyber Security Division to talk about cybersecurity, federal policy and what the country really needs to do to secure its critical infrastructure. [...] _______________________________________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News - www.infosecnews.org http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isnReceived on Tue Aug 31 2010 - 01:37:25 PDT
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