Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2461-1001630649-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:45:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 480 invoked by uid 510); 27 Sep 2001 22:44:25 -0000 Received: from n28.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.78) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 27 Sep 2001 22:44:25 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2461-1001630649-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.52] by f19.egroups.com with NNFMP; 27 Sep 2001 22:44:09 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_4_1); 27 Sep 2001 22:44:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 10952 invoked from network); 27 Sep 2001 22:44:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by 10.1.4.52 with QMQP; 27 Sep 2001 22:44:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3 with SMTP; 27 Sep 2001 22:44:08 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id PAA22687 for iwar@onelist.com; Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:44:08 -0700 Message-Id: <200109272244.PAA22687@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:44:08 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Sen..Wyden.Proposes.Technology.Defense.Force] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sen. Wyden Proposes Technology Defense Force By Robert MacMillan, Newsbytes, 9/27/2001 <a href="http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170581.html">http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170581.html> Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Wednesday proposed the formation of a "National Emergency Technology Guard" that would function as a National Guard-style information-technology defense force, comprising the nation's technology workers, in the event of a national crisis. While he has not proposed legislation, Wyden intends to meet next week with representatives from several technology companies, and also has planned hearings in the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space, which he chairs. The list of representatives has not yet been issued. Wyden in a floor speech on Wednesday said that U.S. IT companies could organize a "national volunteer response team" to protect the U.S. communications infrastructure "in times of critical need." The so-called NET Guard would use computer equipment, satellite dishes, wireless communications devices and other methods to "quickly recreate and repair compromised communications and technology infrastructures." "With congressional support, the leaders of our nation's technology companies could organize themselves, their employees, and their resources for this purpose," Wyden said. "Medium- and small-sized businesses would be able to contribute once a national framework was put in place." Wyden added that federal funding "need not be extensive." He also said that he would encourage a dialogue between IT companies and congressional, military and non-profit leaders to probe the value of a NET Guard. Wyden's interest in such a program comes after reports surfaced that satellite telephones, such as those operating on Globalstar's and Iridium's networks, functioned when cellular and other mobile communications devices were knocked out following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. "Our phones basically work virtually anywhere, whereas terrestrial-based systems like cell phones only work within the limited radius of cellular transmission towers," Globalstar spokesman Mac Jeffreys told Newsbytes earlier this week. "If something happens to those towers, that's it." A House subcommittee chairman at a Wednesday hearing also highlighted the continued vulnerability of federal government IT systems to worm, virus and other kinds of cracking attacks. Rep. Stephen Horn, R-Calif., chairman of the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Information Technology, said that the defenders of the critical IT infrastructure must learn from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that the "government's critical computer systems are as vulnerable to attack as airport security." Newsbytes Staff Writer Dick Kelsey contributed to this report. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE VeriSign guide to security solutions for your web site: encrypting transactions, securing intranets, and more! http://us.click.yahoo.com/UnN2wB/m5_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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