http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229200206 By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek February 1, 2011 Insider threats, botnets and malware, and research to support the Comprehensive National Cyber Initiative (CNCI) are among areas of cybersecurity investment the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will make in fiscal year 2011. The DHS Science and Technology Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) is seeking proposals on 14 areas of cybersecurity research it plans to focus on this year, five of which will contribute to the CNCI, a series of efforts to provide front-line defense against cybersecurity threats, according to a Broad Agency Announcement posted on FedBizOpps.gov. The total value of the acquisition is $40 million. The DHS has been investing in cybersecurity for a couple of years through HSARPA, and this year shows the agency focusing on both traditional methods of security such as software assurance, enterprise-level security metrics, and network resiliency, as well as more forward-thinking areas of exploration such as making security more user-friendly to worker productivity and network Topics also include areas that became critical security concerns for the government last year, such as insider threats -- highlighted by the Wikileaks scandal -- and creating modeling and analysis capabilities to predict the effects of cyberattacks such as botnets and malware on federal government and other critical infrastructure, interest in which intensified after the discovery of last year's Stuxnet worm. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Wed Feb 02 2011 - 03:12:28 PST
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