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Tech Talk Radio Highlights
This week Tech Talk reviewed cyber warfare training at
the military academies, the 10th anniversary of the
web browser, and a Voice of America software initiative
to enable Internet surfers in China to view websites
blocked by the state. We also looked at new
organizational security standards announced at the
2003 RSA conference, the Internet Security
Alliance, and much more....
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Cadets Train for Cyber Warfare
| | | Computer experts from the three major U.S. military
academies, as well as institutions like the U.S. Coast
Guard Academy, conducted their third annual cyber
defense exercise on April 13-17, 2003. As part of the
exercise National Security Agency (NSA) "red teams"
attacks each academy's computer systems. "Blue
teams" from each academy were charged with
protecting their networks against the cyber attack.
The most successful defenders are honored with a
trophy at the end of the exercise. The event highlights
the U.S. military's increased emphasis on information
warfare and "network-centric warfare", concepts that
will become even more relevant as countries (and
militaries) rely more on information systems and
computer networks.
Check
out the CNN Article
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| Browser Celebrates Tenth Anniversary | | |
The
first graphical web browser, Mosaic 1.0, was released by the
University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing
Applications on April 22nd, 1993. Marc Andreessen, who would
later go on to form Netscape, was on that student design team.
Mosaic allowed users to easily share text and graphics over
the Internet. This browser is responsible for the rapid popularization
of the Internet and the World Wide Web. This browser was based
on the pioneering work of Tim Berners Lee, who invented HTML
and released the first hypertext browser in 1990, and on TCP/IP,
the underlying communications protocol of the Internet invented
by Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf in 1973.
Check
out the CNET Report
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| Cracks in Virtual Wall of China | | |
The
People's Republic of China blocks over 19,000 web sites. Sites
blocked from view include most news sites and search engines.
The Voice of America recently released software that enables
Internet surfers within China to view blocked sites. Known
as a circumvention Web server, this program will operate on
either Windows XP or Windows 2000. It permits the user to
anonymously tunnel through the state-sponsored firewall. The
internal Web server sets up an encrypted connection with a
proxy server outside of China. Download and Installation Instructions
for the program are available from Peacefire.
Check
out the CNET Article
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| Security Audit Standards Initiative Announced | | |
The International Systems Security Association
announced an initiative to develop Generally Accepted Information
Security Principles (GAISP) at the RSA 2003 Conference last
week. GAISP, which will be used for security audits, are intended
to be guidelines similar to the Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles (GAAP), which are used for financial audits. GAISP
will include a set of procedures by which any company can
derive its own security architecture. These standards will
be based on prior work by the ISO, the European standards
organization.
Check
out the Complete Article
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| Internet Security Alliance | | |
CERT Coordination Center and the Electronic
Industries Alliance have created Internet Security Alliance,
a public-private collaboration designed to ensure the development
secure networked consumer products. The ISA website includes
many resources for senior managers who seek to evaluate their
security options, including the Common Sense Security
Guide for Senior Managers.
Check
out the Internet Security Alliance Website
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