[IP] Re: CSIS Commission on Cyber Security "Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency" report published

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh@hserus.net>
Date: December 11, 2008 8:47:15 AM EST
To: David Farber <dave@farber.net>
Cc: jbrenton@austin.rr.com
Subject: Re: [IP] CSIS Commission on Cyber Security  "Securing  
Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency" report published

Meanwhile here's another interesting paper on the malware economy -
commissioned by the ITU, and written by Professors Johannes Bauer of MSU
and Michel van Eeten of TU-Delft (with other authors cited).

Financial Aspects of Network Security: Malware and Spam
<http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/cyb/cybersecurity/docs/itu-study-financial-aspects-of-malware-and-spam.pdf 
>

This appears to be a followup on a related study by the authors, that  
was
part of the excellent OECD / APECTEL joint work on malware
ministerial brief at <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/53/34/40724457.pdf>

Well worth a read. I had an opportunity to review some early drafts of
Bauer and van Eeten's work and it was impressive. The authors were kind
enough to thank me and ITU's Bob Shaw for the reviews, in the intro to  
this
paper.

	srs

David Farber [11/12/08 08:27 -0500]:
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: "James Brenton" <jbrenton@austin.rr.com>
> Date: December 11, 2008 7:44:09 AM EST
> To: <dave@farber.net>
> Subject: CSIS Commission on Cyber Security  "Securing Cyberspace for  
> the 44th Presidency" report published
>
> Dave,
>
> This study is as vital for the future of Cyber Security in the  
> United  States
> as was the 1957 Soviet launch of their first satellite to focus  
> public  and
> government action toward increased security of our nation's critical
> infrastructure.
>
> Jim Brenton
>
> Synopsis:
> The CSIS Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency has
> released its final report, "Securing Cyberspace for the 44th
> Presidency." The Commission's three major findings are:
>
>  1. Cybersecurity is now one of the major national security problems
> facing the United States;
>  2. Decisions and actions must respect American values related to
> privacy and civil liberties; and
>  3. Only a comprehensive national security strategy that embraces both
> the domestic and international aspects of cybersecurity will improve  
> the
> situation.
>
> http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,5157/type,1
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