http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/security/231500149 By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek August 17, 2011 A Department of Defense (DOD) program that shares cyber-threat information with defense contractors and their network providers has already stopped "hundreds of intrusions" in its 90-day pilot phase, the deputy secretary of defense said this week. The DOD soon plans to expand its Defense Industrial Base (DIB) experimental program--which currently has 20 participants--to the remainder of the industry base, as well as "key areas of critical infrastructure," deputy secretary of defense William J. Lynn told attendees Tuesday at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Customer and Industry Forum in Baltimore. A transcript of his talk is available online. The DOD launched the program, in which the agencies also work with defense contractors to use the threat information in a practical way to stabilize their networks, in June. "By furnishing this threat intelligence, we are able to help strengthen these companies' existing cyber defenses," Lynn said Tuesday, adding that the pilot "also appears to be cost effective." [...] ___________________________________________________________ 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 - 22:35:23 PDT
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