[privacy] Bush Order Expands Network Monitoring

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The Washington Post.

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President Bush signed a directive this month that expands the intelligence
community's role in monitoring Internet traffic to protect against a rising
number of attacks on federal agencies' computer systems.

The directive, whose content is classified, authorizes the intelligence
agencies, in particular the National Security Agency, to monitor the
computer networks of all federal agencies -- including ones they have not
previously monitored.

Until now, the government's efforts to protect itself from cyber-attacks --
which run the gamut from hackers to organized crime to foreign governments
trying to steal sensitive data -- have been piecemeal.

Under the new initiative, a task force headed by the Office of the Director
of National Intelligence (ODNI) will coordinate efforts to identify the
source of cyber-attacks against government computer systems. As part of
that effort, the Department of Homeland Security will work to protect the
systems and the Pentagon will devise strategies for counterattacks against
the intruders.

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More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/25/AR200801250
3261.html

- - ferg

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