POLICY: January 2010 Archives

Editorial in Homeland Security Today / Jan 21, 2010

During a crisis, information rarely flows effectively within or between organizations without fully developed plans and regular practice exercising procedures.

A coordinated homeland security effort requires more than just having "fusion centers" with information sharing and communication technology. Radios, email, phones, or "Information Sharing Environment" web portals alone will not ensure that information reaches the right people at the right time.

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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

A partial transcript of the PCI Security Debate that appeared on CSO Senior Editor Bill Brenner's Security Insights podcast and Martin McKeay's Network Security podcast has been published.  MORE INFO...

One of the participants in this dialog was Michael Dahn, a member of the SF Bay InfraGard chapter.

If you want to hear the debate in full, you can listen to The Great PCI Security Debate of 2010: Part 1, and Part 2 at CSOonline

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