Cyberterrorism

InfraGard is a partnership between the private sector and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  This association of businesses, academic institutions, state and local law enforcement agencies is dedicated to sharing information and intelligence to prevent hostile acts against the United States. InfraGard Chapters are geographically linked with FBI Field Office territories. 

There is no cost to join InfraGard and members receive these benefits:

• FBI certified and accredited system
• Access to sensitive but unclassified information
• Valuable networking opportunities
• Secure communication

Interested in learning more? Visit the InfraGard website

The Cyber Security Evaluation Tool (CSET) is a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) product that assists organizations in protecting their key cyber assets. It was developed under the direction of the DHS National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) by cybersecurity experts and with assistance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

This tool provides users with a systematic and repeatable approach for assessing the security posture of their cyber systems and networks. It includes both high-level and detailed questions related to all industrial control and IT systems.

Interested in learning more? Visit the Cyber Security Evaluation Tool page to access  this product

One of NCFTA’s important initiatives is their Malware Initiative. The objective of this initiative is to gather, correlate, analyze, and disseminate intelligence data related to the attribution of cyber criminals who utilize malicious code for fraud.

The Malware Initiative aims to link malicious code incidents together, generate useful statistics, identify trends and patterns, and create intelligence assessments and reports. Information and intelligence derived from this Initiative will be used to support law enforcement in its mission to identify cyber criminals and combat cyber crime in general.

Future Goals:

• Provide venue where researchers, industry experts, and government employees collaborate in order to identify the greatest threats with regard to the use of malicious code
• Help law enforcement identify key threat actors who use malicious code to facilitate cyber crime and fraud
• Educate organizations on how they are impacted by malicious code and who is targeting them
• Develop threat system that provides alerts and can be queried by industry partners 

Interested in learning more? Visit the National Cyber Forensics & Training Alliance website

Pursuant to the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, the Department of Justice and the FBI lead the national effort to investigate and prosecute cybercrime.

FBI Cybercrime Initiatives:

• Computer Intrusions
• Innocent Images: Online Child Pornography Program
• Anti-Piracy/Intellectual Property Rights
• InfraGard: FBI/Private Sector Partnership

Interested in learning more? Visit the FBI's Cybercrime web page

National Public Radio (NPR) audio segment pertaining to the Hospital Cyberterrorism Seminar at UC Davis on August 5th. Segment speakers include Allyn Lynd, FBI Agent and Bill Fawns, CIO of Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield, Calif.

• Listen to the NPR segment (the cyberterrorism section starts approximately half way through audio).