Task force aims to improve U.S. cybersecurity

Task force aims to improve U.S. cybersecurity
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2007-11-01

A blue-ribbon panel of three dozen security experts hopes to craft a strategy to improve the United States' cybersecurity by the time the next president takes office, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and the task force's Congressional sponsors, announced on Tuesday.

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Task force aims to improve U.S. cybersecurity 2007-11-02
Anonymous (1 replies)

give the job to a american geek, not some company rep whos company barely even operates in america. You will see a way better quality of a job done when it comes to things like this, when done by one of its own people, rather then contracted corprately. Otherwise well'll keep moving the same sloathi...

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Re: Task force aims to improve U.S. cybersecurity 2007-11-06
Anonymous

With the companies I fully agree - but the "insider's view" might result in a one-sided view. Building a workgroup with international security experts might be a better choice....

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Task force aims to improve U.S. cybersecurity 2007-11-03
Don Parker (1 replies)

Gimme a break. Does the American government actually need a bevy of experts to tell them how to secure their networks??? Methinks not. Cliches are just that for a reason; they are true. Follow best practices, crack down on your first line of defence ie: the sys admin, and security will fall into pla...

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Re: Task force aims to improve U.S. cybersecurity 2007-11-09
Anonymous

The sad thing about this task force is that some of the people on the committee are not the grunts that understand cyber-security, but the managers of the grunts. Some barely understand how the Internet even works and wouldn't know a TCP packet if it bite them. I am still amazed how the government...

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The Problem IS They Need a Joint Task Force 2007-11-05
Frogman

The First question I have is who are the people on this Blue Ribbon Panel? There are very few skilled and qualified experts in the world in Cyber Security, but there are many Self Proclaimed Cyber Security Experts. What we need is a Joint Cyber Security Task Force consisting of THE BEST from all the...

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Task force aims to improve U.S. cybersecurity 2007-11-27
Anonymous

The Feds biggest problem is this gianormous IT security organization they created, DISA. They spent a gazillion dollars on junk like Retina for scanning and they put morons at the control to run the tool. They spend more time creating new iterations of the same document to "enforce" security than ...

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