NEWS...: January 2010 Archives

The SF Bay InfraGard Chapter has organized an InfraGard Members Only National Web Cast with speakers from McAfee discussing Operation Aurora and Adobe discussing Adobe's comprehensive security program and Adobe's road map of security and management capabilities for the widely deployed Adobe Reader and Adobe Flash Player products.

This one hour event will occur on Tuesday / Feb 2nd /10AM / PST.

If you are an InfraGard member and have not received notice of how to sign-up for this web cast contact: admin@sfbay-infragard.org

The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) has invited financial institutions, retailers, card processors, and businesses of all sizes to participate in its Cyber Attack against Payment Processes (CAPP) Exercise, Feb 9-11, 2010.

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Cyber Attack against Payment Processes (CAPP) Exercise

FS-ISAC

FBI Director Robert Mueller recently told the Senate Judiciary Committee that law enforcement agencies have disrupted several plots in the past year as terrorists "remain determined to strike the United States."

The head of the FBI said the threat of a terrorist attack against the U.S. is becoming more worrisome "with each passing day."  READ MORE

Securing America's Safety: Improving the Effectiveness of Anti-Terrorism Tools and Inter-Agency Communication  Testimony by Robert S. Mueller, III, Director, FBI, Before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, January 20, 2010

It appears that the DOJ / FBI are beginning the process to begin a survey of InfraGard members to assess and develop a Knowledge/Skills/Abilities database.

There has been a draft Membership Profile Questionnaire on the secure InfraGard.org web site for some time.

Read the DOJ/FBI notice in the Federal Register ...

• Read the summary of the security review (pdf).

• Read the President's Directive on corrective actions (pdf).

A public-private group the Energy Department is forming to better secure the nation's electric grid from cyberattacks must be given strong regulatory and budgetary authority to drive sweeping changes to computer networks.  READ MORE