[iwar] White House Official Asks Colleges to Help Create National Computer-Security Strategy (fwd)

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Subject: [iwar] White House Official Asks Colleges to Help Create National Computer-Security Strategy (fwd)
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Read below for more details...

How exactly is education going to do research without money? These are
non-profit institutions where tuition pays less than 1/3 of the cost of
education.  They have inadequate equipment, inadequate expertise, and
are producing very few graduate degrees in this area.  The professors
who have historically made the breakthroughs in this area are nearing
retirement and the total national output in this area is now on the
order of 2 new professors per year.

Professors who do research without funding lose their jobs - junior
professors who do so are guaranteed to not get tenure.  This is a
perrenially underfunded area and the results of this long term
underfunding is the sorry state of security we have today.  The White
House now declares that they want more research but will provide no
money.  It is, at least an outrage, and most certainly a joke in poor
taste. 

If this decision is carried out, history will likely prove it to be one
of the worst mistakes ever made by a government.  While every other
nation in the world is funding this area heavily to gain the advantage
over the US and to protect its valuable national assets, the US - once a
leader in this area, has made a national policy decision to not fund the
very research they claim to be at the heart of national survival.

I could write more but I am currently more than a bit enflamed...

FC

Subject: White House Official Asks Colleges to Help Create National Computer-Security Strategy

This article from The Chronicle of Higher Education 
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  Thought you would be interested in this, unfortunately, they
  will not provide funding for these efforts.

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  Friday, April 19, 2002

  White House Official Asks Colleges to Help Create National
  Computer-Security Strategy

  By DAN CARNEVALE

  The White House's top computer-security official on Thursday
  called on colleges and universities to help develop a national
  strategy for securing computer networks.

  Richard A. Clarke, special adviser to the president for
  cyberspace security, said institutions should coordinate their
  research efforts and develop guidelines for protecting
  technology systems from outside attacks. He spoke here at the
  Networking 2002 conference, sponsored by Educause and a host
  of other organizations.

  Mr. Clarke put the responsibility for securing the computer
  networks squarely on the people who use them. Businesses and
  educational institutions, he said, should assess their own
  vulnerability to computer-system attacks and share strategies
  for protecting networks.

  The White House plans to issue a report in late July outlining
  strategies to secure computer networks. The report will be the
  first in a series of recommendations, which will be updated as
  new guidelines and technologies are developed. "It's not going
  to be one of these coffee-table books issued by Washington
  once a year," Mr. Clarke said during his speech.

  Computer networks are vulnerable to attack by hackers and
  terrorists alike, he said. Developing adequate protections
  will take years. University research is crucial to developing
  ways to protect computer networks, he said, in part because
  businesses can't afford to spend money on long-term, high-risk
  research.

  "Colleges and universities have always played a major role in
  defending our country and in keeping our economy healthy," Mr.
  Clarke said at the conference.

  He said the White House would support the efforts of colleges
  and universities. But in an interview after his speech, he
  said the support would not include financial help. "We think
  it's something they need to do themselves," he said. "It
  doesn't take any money to do this."

  Educational organizations have already begun coordinating
  their efforts in cybersecurity research. Organizations such as
  the American Association of State Colleges and Universities
  and the American Council on Education announced Thursday that
  they planned to participate in cybersecurity research and
  development. (See an article from The Chronicle, April 18.)

  "I think this effort -- this framework -- is extremely
  important, because it demonstrates that the issue of network
  security is a major concern of colleges and universities
  around the country," said David Ward, president of the
  American Council on Education, in a statement. "Policy makers
  and corporate leaders should know that the higher-education
  community is working together constructively to address this
  challenge."

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