From Dr. Steven Brown | September 30th, 2009
Jerry Dixon, a former executice with Homeland Security, US-CERT and the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) discusses the state of cybercrime and some of the new threats that are faced — botnets, denial of service, fraud, etc. — are just a few of the threats that are continuing to cause problems, and it goes to show that these problems are not ceasing, they are evolving – and it also shows how
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Tags: botnets, cybercrime, denial of service, fraud, Homeland Security, National Cyber Security Division
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From Mary Brown | July 23rd, 2009
A 2005 paper on a distributed security framework by Susan Brenner and Leo Clarke has recently been getting a lot of attention on the blogs. Both Bruce Schneier and Michael Kassner have recently commented on the efficacy of this approach to information security that professes to take a more proactive approach rather than the typical reactive stance that is too common in the security industry. Included in this paper is discussion about international cybercrime treaties, the use of police recruiting of civilians in fighting cybercrime. The authors also suggest the idea that it would be illegal to gain access to the Internet except through a licensed ISP.
What do you think about this proposed framework for information security? Why do you think it has only now gained the degree of attention that it seems to be recently experiencing? Share your thoughts.
Check out the paper and link to Kassner blog and to Schneier blog here.
Tags: blogs, cybercrime, cybercrime treaties, distributed security framework, information security, Internet, ISP, paper
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