“Where are we today in cyber security? From one perspective, we are in remarkably bad shape. In the last year, we have seen the networks of the two Presidential campaigns, secure networks at the U.S. Central Command and computer networks in Congress and other Federal agencies penetrated by outsiders.” Dr. Jim Lewis, Center for Strategic and International Studies
“But in our rush to network everything, few stopped to consider the security ramifications of this new world we were creating. And so we find ourselves in an extremely dangerous situation today – too many vulnerabilities exist on too many critical networks which are exposed to too many skilled attackers who can inflict too many damages to our systems. Unfortunately, to this day, too few people are even aware of these dangers, and fewer still are doing anything about it.” Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., who chairs the subcommittee
Amit Yoran said that research and development must be bolstered, standards for securing systems must be reformed, and a legal analysis of the governance, authority and privacy requirements is needed. cybersecurity focuses on monitoring adversaries, determining their methods and techniques, tracking their activities to a point of origin, and determination of compromise scope, intent and objective.
Copies of written testimony from 3/10 proceedings are available on the Committee on Homeland Security site.
Detection of cyber attacks and emergency response plan is a paramount to be successful against cybersecurity attacks. I think federal government needs a new proactive paradigm for cybersecurity, which inspect the packet (deep packet inspection) to distinguish malicious packet from normal packet. This way malicious packet can be dealt appropriately at perimeter before it create a havoc at inside network or at end user desktop.
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