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EDS devises package to pre-empt hackers
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 01:23:04 -0600
Forwarded By: Fred Villella <fred () newdimensions net> [This is such bullsh*t, Saturday we have ISS predicting Christmas DDoS attacks and not saying where its coming from, & now EDS saying that it knew about DDoS attacks but didn't say anything at the time. -WK] http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2000/45/ns-19144.html Fri, 17 Nov 2000 12:30:27 GMT Toby Wolpe, IT Week Big-mouthed hackers to come a cropper Services giant EDS last week said it knew about recent denial-of-service attacks two months before they happened, and had even identified the tools the crackers were planning to use. Speaking in Las Vegas before the launch of new EDS Internet security services, vice-president for global information assurance Shakil Kidwai said the company was now offering its anti-hacker intelligence as part of a package of security measures. He described how EDS security analysts collected information from 22,000 sources, including chat rooms. "This was all happening in the chatrooms. All hackers are ego-centric people. When they do something they want to [brag about] it," said Kidwai. "That's how we managed to tell our clients two months in advance that this was going to happen." EDS announced its security plans together with a set of Internet services, including mobile solutions, an interactive agency, customer relationship management and network services. EDS's Internet services could appeal to conservative companies looking for the reassurance of dealing with a large, established organisation. As well as security intelligence, EDS launched CyberForensics, a service to help organisations investigate attacks and the extent of damage to data and systems. Kidwai believes this type of service has already proved its worth in the financial sector. "Financial firms don't want to go to the police when they are attacked. They're worried because of the competitive nature of their business," he said. "We send in a search-and-recovery team and a forensics team to secure the environment - just like a crime scene." Data can be sent to a laboratory to evaluate how an attack was conducted, and by whom. Other EDS Internet security announcements include smartcard-based secure digital communications and Internet security training. "We need to train several thousand people a year in security. So we are retooling and retraining our workforce. Now we're going to start offering that [training] to our clients," said Kidwai. ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of "SIGNOFF ISN".
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