Actually, I should probably trademark that acronym, and start up a group calling itself that some time ...
An organization aims to become a platform for international cooperation on cyber security. The group calls itself the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Terrorism (IMPACT). The groups forthcoming World Cyber Security Summit (WCSS), which will be part of the WCIT 2008, is an effort to raise IMPACTs profile as an international platform for responding to and containing cyber attacks. On a conference call this morning, one of IMPACTs principals described the organizations mission as becoming a kind of CDC [Centers for Disease Control] for cyber security. The idea is that it will provide both a forum and an actual communications system for coordinating international responses to cyber attacks, especially when those attacks involve civilian networks as a target, a source, or both. The principal members of IMPACT are governments, but the organization will include experts from academia and the private sector, as well. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080514-new-international-group-to- become-the-cdc-of-cyber-security.html ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Because the lives of the wicked should be made brief. For the rest of us, death will be a relief-- We all deserve to die! `Sweeney Todd,' Stephen Sondheim http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
