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#25 – CYBER RISK FRAMEWORKS – ED PERKINS

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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe US Federal government folks in the Computer Security Division (CSD) at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have been hard at work on the Cybersecurity Framework deliverables for the President’s February Executive Order 13636, on Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. (see prior Insights post).  NIST has created a web portal for the Framework at http://www.nist.gov/itl/cyberframework.cfm .  The NIST CSD portal is http://csrc.nist.gov/. Continue reading →

#22 – CYBER SECURITY – #1 GLOBAL THREAT – GREG HUTCHINS

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Greg Hutchins pixGen. Fang Fenghui, chief of staff of the China’s People’s Liberation Army said:

Cyberattacks could be “as serious as a nuclear bomb” (The Wall Street Journal  China: Cyber Attacks Are Like Nuclear Bombs.’ April 22, 2013).

The U.S. Director of National Intelligence, James R. Clapper recently announced:

“The growing use of cyber capabilities to achieve strategic goals is also outpacing the development of a shared understanding of norms of behavior, increasing the chances for miscalculations and misunderstandings that could lead to unintended escalation. (“Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community” March 12, 2013.) Continue reading →