Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3808-1005188905-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 07 Nov 2001 19:09:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 27434 invoked by uid 510); 8 Nov 2001 03:07:27 -0000 Received: from n24.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.74) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 8 Nov 2001 03:07:27 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3808-1005188905-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [10.1.4.53] by n24.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Nov 2001 03:08:26 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 8 Nov 2001 03:08:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 99348 invoked from network); 8 Nov 2001 03:08:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m9.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 8 Nov 2001 03:08:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 Nov 2001 03:08:24 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id fA838XM25202 for iwar@onelist.com; Wed, 7 Nov 2001 19:08:33 -0800 Message-Id: <200111080308.fA838XM25202@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 19:08:33 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Today's.focus:.NIPC.provides.valuable.services] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Today's focus: NIPC provides valuable services By M.E. Kabay, Network World, 11/7/2001 www.nwfusion.com The Web site of the National Infrastructure Protection Center is packed with useful information for network managers. According to the site, National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) was established in February 1998 with the mission of serving "as the U.S. government's focal point for threat assessment, warning, investigation, and response for threats or attacks against our critical infrastructures. These infrastructures, which include telecommunications, energy, banking and finance, water systems, government operations, and emergency services, are the foundation upon which our industrialized society is based." The Web site is at: http://www.nipc.gov/about/about.htm NIPC supports information sharing among government, law enforcement, academia and business. It supports the InfraGard program that has been growing throughout the United States with the help of local FBI offices; as the Secretary of the Vermont InfraGard, I have been delighted to see the growth in participation in our meetings since the initial discussions a year ago. For more information about that program, see: http://www.infragard.net/ NIPC provides three levels of warnings about threats to the infrastructure: Assessments (awareness materials), Advisories (recommendations for security improvements) and Alerts (news about specific attacks in progress or anticipated soon). These documents may be received by e-mail subscription at no cost and are available on the Web: http://www.nipc.gov/warnings/warnings.htm In addition, NIPC offers free security publications, mostly in Acrobat PDF, including the CyberNotes, which are published every two weeks and provide an excellent summary of top- priority issues in our field. Archives of all the issues are available online. <a href="http://www.nipc.gov/publications/publications.htm">http://www.nipc.gov/publications/publications.htm> CyberNotes http://www.nipc.gov/cybernotes/cybernotes.htm On the page marked "Legal Issues," NIPC provides summaries of important computer crime laws, guidelines on searching and seizing computers, and some pointers to resources on information security education and training, including "Safety Tips for Kids on the Internet." <a href="http://www.nipc.gov/legal/legal.htm">http://www.nipc.gov/legal/legal.htm> The Major Investigations page gives details of the most current arrest and prosecution of computer criminals. At this writing, there is a fascinating account from Aug. 14, 2001, of the arrest of two Khazak nationals arrested in London and charged with breaking into the "Bloomberg computer system in Manhattan in an attempt to extort money from Bloomberg." http://www.nipc.gov/investigations/investigations.htm NIPC Incident Reports are a method for systematically describing a computer security incident and submitting your report to the NIPC and the FBI. In addition to serving a useful function in keeping law enforcement up to date on the current situation, these reports can serve internally as a model for all incident reporting, whether transmitted to external agencies or not. <a href="http://www.nipc.gov/incident/incident.htm">http://www.nipc.gov/incident/incident.htm> I must emphasize, however, that the value of contributing to the common stock of knowledge about computer security breaches is greater than ever due to the threat of cyberattack on resources of the United States and other countries in the wake of military action against terrorists worldwide. Please do your part as good corporate citizens to keep America strong by reporting computer crimes promptly. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Universal Inkjet Refill Kit $29.95 Refill any ink cartridge for less! 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