[118548] in Cypherpunks
New Center Will Combat Computer Security Threats
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Fri Oct 1 18:39:13 1999
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Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 16:48:35 -0400
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At 2:00 PM -0400 on 10/1/99, ecarm-news@ecarm.org wrote:
> Title: New Center Will Combat Computer Security Threats
> Resource Type: News Article
> Date: October 1, 1999
> Source: NYT (Free Registration Required)
> Author: JOHN MARKOFF
> Keywords: UNITED STATES TR,INFORMATION CLEA,COMPUTERS ,SECURITY THREATS
>
> Abstract/Summary:
> The Treasury Department will announce Friday that the Federal Government and
> the financial services industry have established an information
>clearinghouse to
> combat threats to computer security and vulnerabilities in computer systems.
>
> The center, which will be managed exclusively by private industry,
>will be known
> as the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center.
>It represents a
> second phase in the Clinton Administration's plan to create a
>nationwide system to
> combat cybercrime.
>
> The Treasury system will rely on voluntary reports of incidents
>from banks and other
> financial institutions, in contrast to a centralized Federal
>Government surveillance
> system known as the Federal Intrusion Detection Network, or FIDNET, which is
> designed to use automated technology to track break-ins to
>Government computers.
>
> Both systems are outgrowths of a classified Clinton Administration
>document known
> as Presidential Decision Directive 63, issued in May 1998. Its
>purpose is to develop
> systems to protect against attacks on the nation's computer networks.
>
> Original URL:
>http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/10/biztech/articles/01security.
>html
>
> Added: Fri Oct 1 13:31:58 -040 1999
> Contributed by: David Dillard
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Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com>
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