--- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 18:32:39 -0400 From: Mich Kabay <mkabayat_private> Subject: GAO Critical Infrastructure Protection report Sender: Mich Kabay <mkabayat_private> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Critical Infrastructure Protection: Significant Homeland Security Challenges Need to Be Addressed" < http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d02918t.pdf > by Robert F. Dacey Director, Information Security Issues U.S. General Accounting Office Released Tuesday 9 July 2002 Testimony presented before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives Highlights (quoted from document): As proposed, the functions of the Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection division would include receiving and analyzing law enforcement and intelligence information, assessing cyber and physical vulnerabilities of critical infrastructures, and taking measures to protect them. The consolidation of these six organizations into a single division, if properly implemented, could result in combining similar functions, thereby avoiding duplication and possibly creating more robust capabilities. For example, analysis and warning of cyber incidents is currently performed by both the National Infrastructure Protection Center and the Federal Computer Incident Response Center. However, prior GAO work has identified and made recommendations concerning several critical infrastructure protection challenges that need to be addressed, which would face the new department. Specifically, they are: * Developing a national critical infrastructure protection strategy. * Improving analytical and warning capabilities. * Improving information sharing. * Addressing pervasive weaknesses in federal information security. M. E. Kabay, PhD, CISSP -- AssocProf Information Assurance Dept CompInfoSys, Norwich University, Northfield VT http://www2.norwich.edu/mkabay/index.htm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Personal Privacy 6.5.8 Comment: Digital signatures increase security for everyone. iQB1AwUBPSys+zPd6/an40lzAQHtsgL/Su4k8E9ML3cTP9XFuI1yXp+h6JqxTvJV ZYyPTIxBuaRYnv3P3ySnIoKW/4MgVkE71zglv487emUNF7udJ8GjVuP3lrRPmWyZ cxx811Y1nFcqASLXZeboWwCgxfsHHybO =ZFMU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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