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IP: Re: U.S. Backing for Guidelines on Fighting Cybercrime
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 04:15:16 -0500
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 09:52:46 -0800 From: Jim Warren <jwarren () well com> Subject: Re: U.S. Backing for Guidelines on Fighting CybercrimeAt 10:27 AM -0500 02/12/02, "Patrice McDermott" <pmcdermott () alawash org> wrote:http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/technology/12CYBE.html February 12, 2002 U.S. Backing for Guidelines on Fighting Cybercrime By BARNABY J. FEDER The first guidelines for responding to attacks on computer systems to be endorsed by both the F.B.I. and the Secret Service, the main Federal agencies fighting such crimes, were published yesterday. The guidelines were drafted by government and private security experts brought together by CIOmagazine, a trade publication for information technology executives. The guidance comes at a time when the number of both government and private organizations trying to track and fight electronic crimes has been expanding, partly in response to Sept. 11. But experts say many businesses continue to be reluctant to provide law enforcement officials with enough information to pursue cybercriminals. Companies often fear that they will lose business if security breaches become public or that they will become the target of revenge attacks. [...] The 12-page CIO guidelines provide complete contact information for businesses to report intrusions to public authorities and various information-sharing partnerships like the 65 InfraGard chapters the F.B.I. has helped set up around the nation. They also outline practices that the F.B.I. and Secret Service advocate, like developing relationships with electronic crimes experts at the agencies ahead of time so that managers have a personal contact to take their call. The guidelines advise against reporting minor intrusions, like the efforts of outsiders to scan corporate systems for ways to penetrate them. Such probes can occur hundreds or even thousand of times a month at a major company. While such information could be useful in theory, the guidelines say, it would swamp the current data systems of clearinghouses like the National Infrastructure Protection Center or the Internet Storm Center, which is operated by the SANS Institute, an international research organization for security experts. [...]
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