Creating Ag Extension Agent for Cyber

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.govinfosecurity.com/podcasts.php?podcastID=1216

By Eric Chabrow
Executive Editor
GovInfoSecurity.com
August 10, 2011

Eugene Spafford thinks America needs the cybersecurity equivalent of an 
agriculture extension service to help educate citizens on IT security.

Spafford, executive director of Purdue University's Center for Education 
and Research in Information Assurance and Security, doesn't claim he 
conceived the idea, but champions it as a way to spread IT security 
awareness and best practices to the populous.

"Having a cybersecurity extension service, where people could go to get 
advice on how to protect their systems, how to deal with privacy 
breaches and break ins, would be very valuable," Spafford says in an 
interview with Information Security Media Group (select a Podcast Option 
at right to listen).

Spafford sees the extension service complementing the efforts by the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, which provides detailed 
guidance on cybersecurity, but is too technical for the average Internet 
user, including small businesses.

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