[ISN] Keys to cyber defense: Internal info sharing, skilled staff

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 01:48:54 -0500 (CDT)
http://gcn.com/articles/2012/04/04/fose-info-sharing-skilled-staff-key-to-cyber-defense.aspx

By Henry Kenyon
GCN.com
April 04, 2012

When it comes to cybersecurity, federal agencies could benefit from more 
internal information sharing and investment in skilled IT personnel, 
panelists at the FOSE conference and exposition said April 3.

Detecting anomalies from the background noise of the network is an 
important challenge facing both public and private enterprises. The 
Energy Department, for example, has many capabilities in its various 
organizations, said Brian Varine, the department’s director of incident 
management. An important asset is the Joint Cyber Security Center, which 
collects network data and can alert DOE and the United States Computer 
Emergency Readiness Team in the event of an incident.

Before launching its cybersecurity center, DOE did not have much 
information sharing across its various organizations, Varine said. This 
is because the department's various national laboratories are run by 
contractors. But over time, the labs realized that they needed to share 
data with each other for their own security, he added.

Like DOE, the various organizations within the Federal Aviation 
Administration used to manage their own networks with very little 
information sharing, said FAA CIO Joe Albaugh. Enterprisewide network 
information is now managed through the FAA’s Cybersecurity Management 
Center, which collects data from across the organization. Sharing 
information across the organization effectively puts a spotlight on the 
network, he said.

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