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. [...] _______________________________________________ Please help InfoSecNews.org with a donation! http://www.infosecnews.org/donate.htmlReceived on Wed Apr 04 2012 - 23:48:54 PDT
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