http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/081412-securitystarfish-261634.html By Ellen Messmer Network World August 14, 2012 A startup called SecurityStarfish intends to become the central point where chief information security officers (CISO) can discreetly share information about cyberattacks and obtain anonymized real-time information from others in order to deter cybercrime against their organizations. This ambitious effort is being led by one of the most influential security professionals in the industry, Dave Cullinane, former CISO at eBay and a founding member and chairman of the Cloud Security Alliance, the group working on security best practices and standards related to cloud-based services. "We want to share information about attacks and alert others," says Cullinane, CEO and co-founder of SecurityStarfish, about the venture's goals. He says enterprises today need "actionable intelligence" that can "return the balance of power" to the enterprise security team, which is hard-pressed to fend off continuous onslaughts aimed at stealing data or crippling networks. The goal is getting a large group of CISOs from the enterprise in various vertical industries on board -- at this point security vendors are not invited to join -- so that information related to cyberattacks can be discretely collected and share anonymously among the group's members. [...]Received on Thu Aug 16 2012 - 03:06:27 PDT
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