Opinion: August 2008 Archives

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has established a Commission on
Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency - the administration that will take office in January 2009.
The goal of the nonpartisan Commission is to develop recommendations for a comprehensive
strategy to improve cyber security in federal systems and in critical infrastructure.

To download the Commission's fact sheet, click here...

Cybersecurity commission' members recently participated in a panel discussion at Black Hat  ... "What we're really trying to figure out is how to collaborate" between government and industry "Information sharing is broken. It's a one-way send" ... "We're not recommending to do away with InfraGard" ... to read more about the recent Black Hat panel discussion, click here...

A recent report commissioned by the US Department of Defense examines a number of hypotheses that might explain why Al Qaeda has not launched another attack on US soil since 9/11, questioning whether US counter-terrorism capabilities simply have succeeded in thwarting another attack or terrorists harbor reasons for refraining from an attack.

To read a discussion on this report, click here...

To download the report (.pdf), click here...