At 2:00 PM -0400 on 10/1/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Title: New Center Will Combat Computer Security Threats > Resource Type: News Article > Date: October 1, 1999 > Source: NYT (Free Registration Required) > Author: JOHN MARKOFF > Keywords: UNITED STATES TR,INFORMATION CLEA,COMPUTERS ,SECURITY THREATS > > Abstract/Summary: > The Treasury Department will announce Friday that the Federal Government and > the financial services industry have established an information >clearinghouse to > combat threats to computer security and vulnerabilities in computer systems. > > The center, which will be managed exclusively by private industry, >will be known > as the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center. >It represents a > second phase in the Clinton Administration's plan to create a >nationwide system to > combat cybercrime. > > The Treasury system will rely on voluntary reports of incidents >from banks and other > financial institutions, in contrast to a centralized Federal >Government surveillance > system known as the Federal Intrusion Detection Network, or FIDNET, which is > designed to use automated technology to track break-ins to >Government computers. > > Both systems are outgrowths of a classified Clinton Administration >document known > as Presidential Decision Directive 63, issued in May 1998. Its >purpose is to develop > systems to protect against attacks on the nation's computer networks. > > Original URL: >http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/10/biztech/articles/01security. >html > > Added: Fri Oct 1 13:31:58 -040 1999 > Contributed by: David Dillard ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
