-----Original Message----- From: InfraGard [mailto:infragard@private] Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 7:33 AM To: Information Technology Subject: [Information_technology] Daily News 6/19/03 June 18, Federal Computer Week 'Info security for the rest of us'. The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) is offering a certification program for workers who have computers but often do not consider security one of their responsibilities. The Information Security Awareness Certification is an online test for basic security awareness in eight areas: computer best practices; computer ethics and misuse; identification and data information theft; Internet best practices; passwords; physical security; sensitive information; and viruses and other harmful software. Information security awareness for the common computer user is one of the top priorities for the Department of Homeland Security's new National Cyber Security Division, Robert Liscouski, assistant secretary for infrastructure protection who oversees the new division, said at the June 6 briefing announcing the creation of the division. Source: http://fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0616/web-cyber-06-18-03.asp June 16, Federal Computer Week FedCIRC's capabilities to be enhanced. The National Cyber Security Division, announced on June 6 by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), will coordinate the federal government's work on issues such as security education and awareness and cybersecurity warnings and responses. One organization that has been folded into the new division is the Federal Computer Incident Response Center (FedCIRC), which issues security alerts for civilian agencies. According to Robert Liscouski, DHS' assistant secretary for infrastructure protection, the plan is to enhance FedCIRC's capabilities by melding it with other organizations to form the consolidated Cyber Security Tracking, Analysis and Response Center. One of the center's first tasks is to provide a detailed view of vulnerabilities and incidents across all networks and infrastructures, which requires much more information sharing, particularly from industry, Liscouski said. The government is already ahead of industry in this area, said Mark Forman, administrator of the Office of Management and Budget's Office of E-Government and Information Technology. But agencies still must improve that communication so government can be a model for the private sector, he said. Source: http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0616/pol-security-06-16-03.asp Internet Security Systems - AlertCon: 1 out of 4 https://gtoc.iss.net/ Last Changed 10 June 2003 Security Focus ThreatCon: 1 out of 4 www.securityfocus.com Last Changed 11 June 2003 Current Virus and Port Attacks Virus: #1 Virus in USA: PE_FUNLOVE.4099 Source: http://wtc.trendmicro.com/wtc/wmap.html, Trend World Micro Virus Tracking Center [Infected Computers, North America, Past 24 hours, #1 in United States] Top 10 Target Ports: 137 (netbios-ns), 80 (www), 1434 (ms-sql-m), 445 (microsoft-ds), 113 (ident), 139 (netbios-ssn), 0 (---), 6346 (gnutella-svc), 7280 (itactionserver1), 53 (domain) Source: http://isc.incidents.org/top10.html; Internet Storm Center _______________________________________________ Information_technology mailing list Information_technology@listserv
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