http://gcn.com/articles/2012/04/04/fose-info-sharing-skilled-staff-key-to-cyber-defense.aspx
By Henry Kenyon
GCN.com
April 04, 2012
When it comes to cybersecurity, federal agencies could benefit from more
internal information sharing and investment in skilled IT personnel,
panelists at the FOSE conference and exposition said April 3.
Detecting anomalies from the background noise of the network is an
important challenge facing both public and private enterprises. The
Energy Department, for example, has many capabilities in its various
organizations, said Brian Varine, the department’s director of incident
management. An important asset is the Joint Cyber Security Center, which
collects network data and can alert DOE and the United States Computer
Emergency Readiness Team in the event of an incident.
Before launching its cybersecurity center, DOE did not have much
information sharing across its various organizations, Varine said. This
is because the department's various national laboratories are run by
contractors. But over time, the labs realized that they needed to share
data with each other for their own security, he added.
Like DOE, the various organizations within the Federal Aviation
Administration used to manage their own networks with very little
information sharing, said FAA CIO Joe Albaugh. Enterprisewide network
information is now managed through the FAA’s Cybersecurity Management
Center, which collects data from across the organization. Sharing
information across the organization effectively puts a spotlight on the
network, he said.
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