http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2012/09/get-ready-computers-worldwide-automatically-smother-cyber-strikes/57977/ By Aliya Sternstein Nextgov September 10, 2012 The federal government is strategizing to build a virtual community that would prompt computers worldwide to instantly, en mass, suppress cyberattacks, sometimes without humans at the keyboard. The so-called cyber ecosystem would take “collective action” to galvanize cooperation among networks, external devices, and consumers, the Obama administration announced today. “Computer systems, devices, applications and users will automatically work together in near real time to anticipate and prevent cyberattacks, automatically respond to attacks while continuing normal operations, evolve to address new threats, limit the spread of attacks across participating devices,” as well as share timely security information, a government research solicitation stated. The Homeland Security Department and National Institute of Standards and Technology are seeking public input on the potential benefits and challenges of the approach before forging ahead with construction. [...] -- #HITB2012KUL - The 10TH ANNUAL HITB Security Conference in Malaysia with no keynotes, no labs - just three tracks filled with our most popular speakers from the last decade: http://conference.hitb.org/Received on Tue Sep 11 2012 - 00:08:48 PDT
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