Homeland Security weighs expanding Einstein monitoring to private sector

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
> Date: March 4, 2010 11:25:26 AM EST
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Homeland Security weighs expanding Einstein monitoring to  
> private sector

> Dave,
>
> Your readers may be interested in our CNET report today about a  
> possible expansion of Homeland Security's Einstein network- 
> monitoring system to the private sector:
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10463665-38.html
>
> The original purpose of Einstein was to detect attacks on .gov  
> networks. We don't know much about the latest version, Einstein 3,  
> but Homeland Security has said that it will try to prevent attacks  
> as they're happening. The White House confirmed this week that  
> Einstein 3 involves DHS exchanging information with the National  
> Security Agency:
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10462563-38.html
>
> Here are some questions that CDT raised about Einstein, including  
> Einstein 3, last year that as far as I know are still unanswered:
> http://www.cdt.org/security/20090728_einstein_rpt.pdf
>
> -Declan



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