I'd just like to point out that Symantec has something similar. See here: <http://www.symantec.com/security_response/threatconlearn.jsp>
It's not applied in such a useful way as you suggest - but in case you wanted to know. On 11/29/08, Mike C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > It is time to take an example from Homeland Security and define codes > of color for cyber-warfare threat levels. I propose the following: > > Green level: There is negligible threat to online security. > Yellow level : There is a minimal level of threat, and this must be > monitored and contained. > Orange level: This level of threat indicates there are parties who are > actively engaging in cyber-warfare. Caution is required when online. > Red level: This level indicates a full blown cyber-war. It indicates > very high probability of all communications being intercepted. > > While homeland security's implementation does not seem to have a real > world merit, such a threat level would certainly be very useful in the > online security realm. Please disseminate this announcement of the > project Chroma levels for online security. The immediate mission of > the project is to be picked up by the antivirus and security tools > vendors, so as to add the color codes to their products and provide > users with a tangible measure of their online security. > > Current status: Threat level Yellow. > > -- > MC > Security Researcher > Lead, Project Chroma. > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > -- I'm your best best friend. Usually I like it when you contradict me, it might help me learn. Just don't be so angry. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
