http://www.nextgov.com/defense/2012/09/disa-charged-securing-all-two-federal-networks/58354/ By Bob Brewin Nextgov Sept 25, 2012 The Defense Information Systems Agency has been tapped to tighten up network security of all branches of the federal government except the State Department and the FBI, which have their own systems. The move is in response to the unauthorized release of hundreds of thousands of pages of Pentagon and State classified documents in 2010 and 2011 by the website WikiLeaks, the agency said. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on July 20 hinted at Pentagon assistance to other federal agencies to beef up security for their networks. DISA obliquely disclosed Monday in contract documents that it will function as the common service provider for the new public key infrastructure hardware tokens, certificates and services for federal classified and secret networks except those belonging to State and the FBI. DISA made clear that the fallout from WikiLeaks’ disclosure of classified Defense Department documents and State cables is the reason for its broad new governmentwide network security role. “In response to WikiLeaks, the Office of Management and Budget and the [21 agency] Committee for National Security Systems determined that all federal agencies that operate on the federal classified [or] Secret networks must implement a hardware-based PKI solution to protect their information and networks. The objective is to remove anonymity and improve the overall security of the federal Secret networks,” DISA said. [...] -- ExpandingSecurity.com Live OnLine classes won’t wreck your schedule. Get that cert and be done before 2012 ends. Last ISSAP 2012 class starts Sept. 25th. Last 2012 CISSP and CEH starts Oct. 1: CEH info signup: http://www.expandingsecurity.com/product/ceh-certified-ethical-hacker-online/ CISSP info signup: http://www.expandingsecurity.com/product/cissp-live-online-10-week-course/ ISSAP info signup: http://www.expandingsecurity.com/product/issap-information-systems-security-architecture-professional/Received on Wed Sep 26 2012 - 02:41:53 PDT
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