Cyberwarfare panel says it's time to unite

RSA cyberwarfare panel says it's time to unite as cyberwarfare is set to grow with devastating consequence, capitalizing on the historical separation between government and industry and the lack of shared visibility within and across these two sectors.That was the position of a session at the 2010 RSA Conference where the panelists discussed the challenges of combating cyberwarfare. The two panelists were Scott Borg of the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit, an independent, nonprofit research institute; and Amit Yoran, chief executive officer for NetWitness Corp. and former director of the U.S. National Cyber Security Division within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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Article by: Sean Martin, CISSP

Cybercriminals are filling the research gap

A disconnect between the primary research sectors and a lack of appropriate funding in each is leading to decreased technological progress, exposing a huge gap in security that is happily being exploited by cybercriminals That was the consensus from a panel at Wednesday's RSA Conference representing the private, academic and government sectors, discussing the challenges associated with research. Panelists included William Cheswick, technical staff member at AT&T Labs; Deborah Frincke, chief scientist, cybersecurity, Pacific Northwest Laboratory; Chenxi Wang, principal analyst, Forrester Research; Timothy Brown, SVP and distinguished engineer, CA Security Management; and Carrie Gates, research staff member, CA Labs.

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Article by: Sean Martin, CISSP