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Information Security: It’s Everyone’s Business

Information Security: It’s Everyone’s Business. September 16, 2003 Greg Garcia, Vice President, Information Security ITAA. Information Security: It’s Everyone’s Business. About ITAA National 450+ Member Company Association Leading Corporate Names in IT Established in 1961

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Information Security: It’s Everyone’s Business

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  1. Information Security: It’s Everyone’s Business September 16, 2003 Greg Garcia, Vice President, Information SecurityITAA

  2. Information Security: It’s Everyone’s Business • About ITAA • National 450+ Member Company Association • Leading Corporate Names in IT • Established in 1961 • Leader in Public Policy Advocacy, Business Development, Networking Programs • Capitol Hill and White House Liaisons • 200 Member-Driven InfoSec Committee • DC and West Coast Offices

  3. Information Security: It’s Everyone’s Business A Brief History of Time – Cyber Attacks Increase • Denial of Service Attacks in 2000…. • …Spurred implementation of PDD 63 and establishment of sector coordinators (ITAA) • More attacks from Anna Kournikova, ILoveYou virus, Code Red, NIMDA • Cyber security makes its way onto the nation’s radar (and computer) screens

  4. Information Security: It’s Everyone’s Business A Brief History of Time – Government Focuses • 2002-03, White House releases National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace with 5 priorities: • National Cyberspace Security Response System • Threat and Vulnerability Reduction Program • Awareness and Training Program • Securing Governments’ Cyberspace • National Security and International Cyberspace Security Cooperation Included creation of Cyber Security “Czar”, which ITAA began advocating in 1999 Public/Private Partnership is Overriding Theme as 85% of the network is owned and operated by private enterprise

  5. Information Security: It’s Everyone’s Business A Brief History of Time – Government Focuses • …After Cyber Security leadership left the White House, the National Strategy was in suspended animation without someone in charge to implement it • Physical security wasn’t enough; no physical security without cyber security • At urgings of ITAA, and many inside government, Homeland Security Department created the National Cyber Security Division within IAIP • New NCSD Director, Amit Yoran, will have large job surmounting bureaucratic obstacles, but ITAA committed to helping make it work

  6. Information Security: It’s Everyone’s Business A Brief History of Time – NCSD Mission Defined • Identify risks and vulnerabilities, and coordinate with the private sector • Oversee a consolidated “war room” Cyber Security Tracking, Analysis, & Response Center (CSTARC) for advance warning and incident response coordination with federal, state, local, private sector and international partners; • CSTARC absorbed into new “U.S. CERT” announced September 15, 2003 • Help build cyber security awareness and education programs and partnerships with consumers, businesses, governments, academia, and international communities.

  7. Information Security: It’s Everyone’s Business Costs of Cyber Security Breaches are Real • CERT reports more than 76,000 incidents in the first half of 2003, almost as many as the 82,000 reported in all of 2002 • CSI/FBI 2003 report found 75% of respondents with financial losses • $202 million in losses for those reporting • Proprietary information losses over $70 million • Denial of Service losses pegged at $65 million • But still no good national metrics exist for evaluating our readiness and measuring improvement

  8. Information Security: It’s Everyone’s Business What We Do About It Information Sharing is Paramount… • within the company: training and awareness; e.g., ITAA I–ACERT Online Awareness Test • Within the industry: ISAC’s • Across industries: Partnership for Critical Infrastructure Protection – (PCIS) • With government and law enforcement: FOIA exemption helps • Internationally: OECD Guidelines

  9. Information Security: It’s Everyone’s Business What We Do About It • Private Sector Response Must Adapt and Mobilize • Without action, government mandates will result • CA – Identity Theft Law is a good example • Government is watching private sector leadership and action • Develop infosec metrics and constantly review our progress

  10. Information Security: It’s Everyone’s Business What ITAA is Doing About Itwww.itaa.org/infosec • Established Information Security Committee in 1997 • PDD 63 Sector Coordinator • “National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace” • “The Long Campaign: Information Assurance in the Age of Cyber Terror” • Information Assurance in the States and Other National and Regional Events • IT Information Sharing and Analysis co-founder and partner, www.it-isac.org • Founding Sponsor, National Cyber Safety Alliance • CyberCitizen -- www.cybercitizenship.org • Founder and Board Member, PCIS • Created “I-ACERT”, an online information security awareness test – “for the rest of us” • Building a National Information Security Metrics Survey to Determine a Baseline, Measure Progress, and Inform Public Policy and Investment

  11. Information Security: It’s Everyone’s Business • What Government Can Do About It • Strengthen Infosec requirements and accountability • Fund and Spend on Infosec in DHS and Elsewhere • Implement National Plan • Defend FOIA Exemption • Implement Safety Act Regulations

  12. Information Security: It’s Everyone’s Business • Going Forward … • The Challenges are Many • Industry and Government are Stepping Up, but… • More Can Be Done • Collaboration is Key • Need to solidify the “culture of security”

  13. Thank You! To Follow Up… Greg Garcia Vice President, Information Security ITAA703-284-5357 Ggarcia@itaa.org

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