http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/security/232500579 By J. Nicholas Hoover InformationWeek January 27, 2012 Building the architecture necessary to prevent another Wikileaks might take several years, director of national intelligence James Clapper said at an event Thursday in Washington, D.C. The Wikileaks scandal, in which 260,000 diplomatic cables, many of them sensitive, were burned onto CD-RWs and later published online, has accelerated work toward ensuring that information sharing is secure, Clapper said in a speech on information sharing at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. However, there is no silver bullet to preventing insider threats. "Inherently, we've always had a responsibility for protecting against insider threats," Clapper said in a speech on information sharing at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "Wikileaks has heightened our sensitivity. In the IT context, the insider threat is quite profound, and that's why everybody is more sensitized to being alert." The intelligence community is taking a multi-pronged approach to addressing the insider threat problem, Clapper said. Among other things, the community is developing a "national insider threat policy," is investing heavily in more pervasive auditing and monitoring capabilities, is improving identity management, and is tagging data as a means of access control. In addition, any of the policies and procedures around removable media have already been overhauled, and security clearance procedures are continuing to improve, he said. [...] _____________________________________________________ Did a friend send you this article? Make it your New Year's Resolution to subscribe to InfoSec News! http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isnReceived on Sun Jan 29 2012 - 22:24:45 PST
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