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"U.S. Backing for Guidelines on Fighting Cybercrime" New York Times (02/12/02) P. C9; Feder, Barnaby J. The FBI and the Secret Service have issued the first-ever guidelines for businesses to report cyberattacks to public authorities and several information-sharing partnerships set up by the government. The guidelines were developed with the help of CIO Magazine. Companies are often fearful of bad publicity should they reveal failures in their computer security. National Infrastructure Protection Center head Ronald L. Dick says businesses will be willing to share information if it is made clear what authorities will and will not do, such as not "seizing your server and putting yellow tape around it." The guidelines help outline procedures and encourage IT managers to develop relationships with the local government authorities in charge of investigating cyberattacks, such as the 65 InfraGard chapters set up around the country by the FBI. A survey by the FBI and the Computer Security Institute found that only 36 percent of companies hacked or hit by malignant code last year reported the intrusions to authorities. (www.nytimes.com) ------------------------------------------------------------ $$ Earn FT/PT Extra Income As a Mystery Shopper! $$ http://www.topica.com/lists/Mysteryshopper/ $$ 100's of National Assignments Posted Daily! $$ --via http://techPolice.com archive: http://theMezz.com/cybercrime/archive subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --via http://theMezz.com ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?b1dhr0.b2EDp2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================