[iwar] Historical posting


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New federal security policy on the way
Commercial information security products designed to
protect information systems from cyberattacks next
year will have to meet strict international standards
before government agencies can purchase them. The new
National Information Assurance Acquisition Policy,
approved last month by the National Security
Telecommunications and Information Systems Security
Committee, will be phased in on Jan. 1, 2001, when all
government agencies will be "encouraged" to purchase
only those products that meet the standards. By
Jan. 1, 2002, however, agencies will only be allowed
to purchase commercial information assurance products
evaluated by accredited national laboratories and that
meet internationally recognized assurance standards.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0228/web-security-03-02-00.asp

Aum sect's software alarms Japanese
Feared cult had access to government systems. Computer
companies affiliated with the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday
sect developed software for at least 10 government
agencies, including the Defense Ministry, and more than
80 major Japanese companies in recent years, police
officials said Wednesday after a surprise raid on the
group's affiliates Tuesday.
http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/aum030200.htm

Hack Attacks Dent E-Confidence - Poll
Consumer confidence in online shopping has been hurt by
recent attacks on prominent sites, a new survey suggests.
A third of online consumers overall said they might be
less likely to make a purchase via the World Wide Web in
light of recent news events, according to the poll,
conducted by the Gallup organization for At Plan, an
online marketing consultancy. Nearly seven in 10 online
shoppers contacted in the telephone poll said they were
concerned or very concerned by news of attacks that had
blocked access to such Web sites as Yahoo and Amazon.
The incidents were "a cold dose of reality to many people,"
said Mark Wright, chief executive of At Plan. "It was
almost like the loss of innocence in first love."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/2000-03/02/214l-030200-idx.html

Surprise your local hacker
Put computer intruders up against a wall. When Gary Cain
heard his hard drive spin in the middle of the night, he
knew something wasn't right. "I leave the computer on all
the time," said the Newmarket man who uses Roger's Wave
service to access the Net. "My wife had told me it was
doing strange things but I didn't think much about it."
After the phantom hard drive incident, he installed
Rainbow Diamond's Internet Intruder Detector (www.brd.ie),
software that stops and records any attempt to access
your computer via the Internet. "The next time I checked
there were more than 2,300 incidences of someone 'pinging'
my computer," he said. "I called Rogers to tell them
about it but they didn't seem too concerned."
http://www.canoe.ca/TechNews0003/01_connect.html

FC