http://www.govinfosecurity.com/podcasts.php?podcastID=1216 By Eric Chabrow Executive Editor GovInfoSecurity.com August 10, 2011 Eugene Spafford thinks America needs the cybersecurity equivalent of an agriculture extension service to help educate citizens on IT security. Spafford, executive director of Purdue University's Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security, doesn't claim he conceived the idea, but champions it as a way to spread IT security awareness and best practices to the populous. "Having a cybersecurity extension service, where people could go to get advice on how to protect their systems, how to deal with privacy breaches and break ins, would be very valuable," Spafford says in an interview with Information Security Media Group (select a Podcast Option at right to listen). Spafford sees the extension service complementing the efforts by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which provides detailed guidance on cybersecurity, but is too technical for the average Internet user, including small businesses. [...] ___________________________________________________________ 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 Aug 17 2011 - 22:35:07 PDT
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