United States : DHS opens national cybersecurity operations center.Byline: datta03 The Homeland Security Department There were gaps in the U.S. system for detecting and deterring terrorist acts in the homeland. That became clear September 11, 2001. The Department of Homeland Security is the george w. bush administration's plug for those gaps. opened a new operations center today that integrates national cybersecurity and telecommunications monitoring systems and provides a new degree of situational awareness surrounding the nation s communications, information technology and cyber infrastructure. The new National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC), combines two of DHS operational organizations: the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT (United States-Computer Emergency Readiness Team) The group charged with protecting the U.S. Internet infrastructure by coordinating defense against and response to cyberattacks. ), which leads a public-private partnership focused on defending the nation s cyber infrastructure; and the National Coordinating Center for Telecommunications (NCC NCC See National Clearing Corporation (NCC). ), the operational arm of the National Communications System The telecommunications system that results from the technical and operational integration of the separate telecommunications systems of the several executive branch departments and agencies having a significant telecommunications capability. Also called NCS. . In addition, the NCCIC will integrate the efforts of the National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC), which coordinates operations among the six largest federal cyber centers, the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis The Office of Intelligence and Analysis is a part of the United States Department of the Treasury and is responsible for the receipt, analysis, collation, and dissemination of foreign intelligence and foreign counterintelligence information related to the operation and and private-sector partners. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, speaking at ceremonies for the opening of the new center, said the NCCIC would make it possible to co-locate, integrate and, over time, make interoperable our cybersecurity activities into a unified operations center. Copyright : Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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