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Any ideas about the cost of IT security in the USA

  • 01-12-2004 9:46am
    #1
    pgodkin
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    Hey all,

    Im doing a project for college and i was wondering how much the American Government spend on IT security, and when was the last time someone hacked one of there systems

    Any help would be great

    Cheers

    Philip


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  • #2
    Martyr
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    Probably the best place to start would be here..

    http://www.gcn.com/

    Since the so-called "war on terror", there has been
    increase in spending on cyber security..

    This is interesting..

    http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/17918-1.html


  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
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    http://portal.sans.org/ - sign up for the newsletter
    SANS NewsBites Vol. 6 Num. 48
    Two items from the current one.

    --Patching Tops List of Concerns for Federal CISOs
    (22 November 2004)
    A survey of 25 federal agency chief information security officers
    (CISOs) found that patching is their number one concern. Nearly half
    of those surveyed said that the private sector should make it a priority
    to improve the quality assurance of their products. The CISOs also
    placed network compromises and compliance with the requirements mandated
    by the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) near the top
    of their list. FISMA compliance appears to be especially difficult for
    security managers with IT budgets under US$500,000 who spend 45% of
    their time on compliance issues; managers with budgets over US$10
    million spend 27% of their time on compliance issues.     In addition, more
    than 85% of the managers surveyed said that commercial software for
    compliance reporting would be very helpful.
    http://news.com.com/2102-7355_3-5460073.html?tag=st.util.print
    http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/1122/web-ciso-11-22-04.asp
    http://www.computerworld.com/printthis/2004/0,4814,97763,00.html

    HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS SECURITY
    --Congressional Appropriations Bill Cuts NSF Funding
    (23 November 2004)
    Despite the President's IT Advisory Committee recommendation to increase
    funding for National Science Foundation cyber security research,
    Congress passed an appropriations bill that actually cut the NSF's
    budget to $5.47 billion    , $60 million less than it received for fiscal
    2004, and $227 million less than the president's request.
    http://www.gcn.com/cgi-bin/udt/im.display.printable?client.id=gcndaily2&story.id=27992


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