[117064] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Ready to get your federal computer license?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jack Bates)
Mon Aug 31 13:14:27 2009
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:13:00 -0500
From: Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net>
To: Peter Beckman <beckman@angryox.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0908311220050.85863@nog.angryox.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>, "Hiers, David" <David_Hiers@adp.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Peter Beckman wrote:
> "The proposal also includes a federal certification program for "cyber
> security professionals," and a requirement that certain computer systems
> and networks in the private sector be managed by people who receive that
> license, CNET said."
Presumably, this is to increase security of private sector networks that
interconnect with government networks and high risk networks such as
banks and utilities. Presumably it wouldn't mandate the social
networking, ESP/ISP sectors.
Jack
