************************************************************** Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround ************************************************************** When to make the cybersecurity call Government and industry will establish formal practices and guidelines for private sector organizations to report cybersecurity incidents to government officials, according to Howard Schmidt, acting chairman of the President's Cybersecurity Board. Many incidents, such as the compromise of the Internet root servers, go unreported, since there exists no formal process for handling such incidents. The National Communications System, formerly of the Defense Information Systems Agency, now at Homeland Security, already helps industry report Internet infrastructure incidents. http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0331/web-cyber-04-02-03.asp ************************************************************** The Net Happenings mailing list is a service of Educational CyberPlayGround - http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ ************************************************************** If you have any questions, concerns, suggestions, or would like to sponsor the Net Happenings service - <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/Subguidelines.html> Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Change Email Preferences - <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/NetHappenings.html> **************************************************************