Symantec Survey Finds Less Awareness in Government Infrastructure Policies, Protection
Symantec’s 2011 Critical Infrastructure Protection Survey found a global drop in awareness and engagement as measured by the CIP Participation Index. Symantec reported the CIP Participation Index measured at 82 percent in government protection programs this year, which is a 18 point drop from last year. “The findings of this survey are somewhat alarming, given recent attacks [...]
The Stuxnet worm does not seem to have impacted any systems in the United States, according to a Department of Defense official Greg Schaffer, assistant secretary for cybersecurity and communications at DHS, told reporters the complex malware demonstrates the plethora of increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. “It was a very tiered, very complex, very sophisticated virus,” he told the [...]
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The Stuxnet worm could soon be modified to attack vital industrial facilities in the United States and globally, government officials and experts warned Wednesday at a Senate hearing. Testifying before the Senate Committee on Homeland and Security Affairs, Dean Turner, director of Symantec’s Global Intelligence Network for Symantec Security Response, called Stuxnet “one of the [...]
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