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How Cybersecurity Has Changed Since 9/11

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The Sept. 11 attacks brought new attention to cybersecurity. The experts weigh in what we got right, what we got wrong, and what we missed entirely in the wake of 9/11.

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How Cybersecurity Has Changed Since 9/11

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The Sept. 11 attacks brought new attention to cybersecurity. The experts weigh in what we got right, what we got wrong, and what we missed entirely in the wake of 9/11.

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How Cybersecurity Has Changed Since 9/11

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The Sept. 11 attacks brought new attention to cybersecurity. The experts weigh in what we got right, what we got wrong, and what we missed entirely in the wake of 9/11.

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DHS has made significant progress since 9/11 in enhancing the security of the nation's critical physical infrastructure as well as its cyber infrastructure and networks. Today's threats to cybersecurity require the engagement of the entire society-from government and law enforcement to the private sector and importantly, members of the public-to block malicious actors while bolstering defensive capabilities.

Progress Made Since 9/11

Analyzing and Reducing Cyber Threats and Vulnerabilities

National Cybersecurity Protection System: Developed by DHS as the nation's focal point for cyber activity and analysis, The National Cybersecurity Protection System fulfills a key requirement of the National Cybersecurity Protection Plan (NCPP) to work collaboratively with public, private, and international entities to protect infrastructure, enhance situational awareness and implement analysis, warning and risk-management programs.

EINSTEIN: Initially deployed in 2004, this system helps block malicious actors from accessing federal executive branch civilian agencies while working closely with those agencies to bolster their defensive capabilities. EINSTEIN 2 is an automated cyber surveillance system that monitors federal internet traffic for malicious intrusions at 15 Departments and agencies and four Managed Trusted Internet Protocol Service providers. EINSTEIN 3 will provide DHS with the ability to detect malicious activity and disable attempted intrusions automatically.

National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center: Opened in October 2009, this 24-hour watch and warning center serves as the nation's principal hub for organizing cyber response efforts and maintaining the national cyber and communications common operational picture. DHS also works with the private sector, other government agencies and the international community to mitigate risks by leveraging the tools, tradecraft, and techniques malicious actors use and converting them into actionable information for all 18 critical infrastructure sectors to use against cyber threats.

Cybersecurity Partners Local Access Plan: DHS enhances information sharing with cleared owners and operators of critical infrastructure and key resources, as well as state technology officials and law enforcement officials, through access to secret-level cybersecurity information and video teleconference calls via local fusion centers.

Interagency Collaboration: In October 2010, DHS and DOD signed a landmark memorandum of agreement to align and enhance America's capabilities to protect against threats to critical civilian and military computer systems and networks while ensuring appropriate levels of privacy.

National Cyber Incident Response Plan: Developed in September 2010, this plan coordinates the response of multiple federal agencies, state and local governments, and hundreds of private firms, to incidents at all levels. DHS tested this plan during the CyberStorm III national exercise, which simulated a large-scale attack on the nation's critical information infrastructure.

Cybersecurity Workforce Initiative: Since its creation, DHS has increased its cyber staff by 500 percent while working with universities to build the cybersecurity pipeline through competitive scholarship, fellowship, and internship programs to continue to attract top talent.

Technological Development and Deployment: DHS is guiding research and development as well as advancements in scientific and technical knowledge to support cybersecurity through targeted grant programs that encourage academic research, private sector investment, and innovation from small businesses.

Stop.Think.Connect.: The Department's Stop.Think.Connect. public cybersecurity awareness campaign is designed to increase public understanding of cyber threats and promote simple steps the public can take to increase their safety and security online.

Information Sharing and Analysis Centers: DHS enhances situational awareness among stakeholders including those at the state and local level as well as industrial control system owners and operators by allowing the federal government to quickly and efficiently provide critical cyber risk, vulnerability, and mitigation data.

Trusted Internet Connections: As part of the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, DHS works to reduce and consolidate the number of external connections that federal agencies have to the Internet in order to limit the number of potential vulnerabilities to government networks and to focus monitoring efforts and security capabilities on limited and known avenues for Internet traffic.

U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT): In partnership with antivirus companies, US-CERT takes proactive measures to stop possible threats from reaching public and private sector partners by developing and sharing standardized threat indication, prevention, mitigation, and response information products with its .gov partners and constituents.

Distributing Threat Warnings

Coordinating Response to Cyber Incidents

Ensuring Safety of Cyber Systems

Public Engagement

Implementing 9/11 Commission Recommendations

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its many partners across the federal government, public and private sectors, and communities across the country and around the world have worked since 9/11 to build a new homeland security enterprise to better mitigate and defend against dynamic threats, minimize risks, and maximize the ability to respond and recover from attacks and disasters of all kinds.

Together, these efforts have provided a strong foundation to protect communities from terrorism and other threats, while safeguarding the fundamental rights of all Americans.

While threats persist, our nation is stronger than it was on 9/11, more prepared to confront evolving threats, and more resilient in the face of our continued challenges.

Read the Implementing 9/11 Commission Recommendations, Progress Report 2011

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Safeguarding and Securing Cyberspace | CISA

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DHS has made significant strides in enhancing the security of the nation’s critical physical infrastructure as well as its cyber infrastructure and networks. Today’s threats to cybersecurity require the engagement of the entire society—from government and law enforcement to the private sector and im…

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-The use of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets that are connect to the internet haven't faced the security challenged of PC's yet.
-Criminals have realized the chances of getting away with stealing money is lower than stealing data from less protected organizations.

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-The first cybersecurity attack took place a whole decade after 9/11
-The first cybersecurity attack was conducted through a hard drive USB

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Cool facts scott lance pruitt!

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-"Many organizations continue to focus on security as a tactical, technical discipline that is more about configurations of servers and firewalls than it is about threats, vulnerabilities, and risk," from Clymer which is like what happen to the oil pipeline that Russian hacked.

-the 9/11 terrorist attacks heightened everyone's awareness that the U.S. could find itself under attack, and in that respect, may have heightened general awareness of security measures being taken by organizations

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- China emerged as a greater threat to U.S. cybersecurity than terrorist did
- For ten years there has been no reason to believe that terrorist have gained the power to attack using the internet that was more powerful than a student's work

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-we hacked iran, which sent back Iranian nuclear ambitions; which stop there progress by six months.
-stuxnet is a major example of attack like  the  identity theft, widespread spamming, and network intrusions.
- many of the security experts focused on the explosion of cybercrime, while the rise of hacktivism become bigger and bigger

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DHS also works with government agencies and the international community to mitigate risks by leveraging the tools, tradecraft, and techniques malicious actors use and converting them into actionable information for all 18 critical infrastructure sectors to use against cyber threats.

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-So one additional thing to keep an eye on is the escalated struggle we will have in balancing new technology's capabilities and our privacy
-the talk about growing threats and the most effective countermeasures to them, it's crucial that we remain true to our principles, even if there's a cost

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DHS enhances information sharing with cleared owners and operators of critical infrastructure and key resources, as well as state technology officials and law enforcement officials, through access to secret-level cybersecurity information and video teleconference calls via local

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- There are groups known as hacktivists that are very sensational  though not threatening, such as Anonymous and Lulzsec.
-  In recent times there have been numerous breaches in military contractors and companies that promise secure technology.

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DHS enhances situational awareness among stakeholders including those at the state and local level as well as industrial control system owners and operators by allowing the federal government to quickly and efficiently provide critical cyber risk, vulnerability, and mitigation data.

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-ever since 9/11 IT security has been thinking outside of the box because they've realized that anything that can access the internet can be a threat
-hacking will always be a growing trend and IT security is trying to compete and try to limit what you can see and do on the internet

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- Potential for cyber threats aren't the biggest concern; The reality is that terrorist are going to try to do physical attacks more than cyberterror.
- These attacks are nearly impossible to predict so we have to focus on how to handle situations during or after it happens.

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- Einstein 3 will provide DHS with the ability to detect malicious activity and disable attempted intrusions automatically
- DHS works to reduce and consolidate the number of external connections that federal agencies have to the Internet to limit the number of potential vulnerabilities to the governments network
- US-Cert takes proactive measures to stop possible threats form reaching public and private sector

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- Organizations tend to believe that cybersecurity is a "one time purchase" rather than continually updating their systems
- While major cyber infrastructure attacks still occur, such as Stuxnet, they are small compared to the hundreds of thousands of incidents involving identity theft and online intrusions
- Malware has evolved from gaining notoriety to silently obtaining money and criminal connections