N-Kick
The lines between communications technology and information technology (IT) are getting blurrier every day. Chances are that the cell phone you carry around can do a lot more than just make a phone call. It almost certainly has the capability to send a text message; it probably surfs the web; and it can likely pinpoint your location via GPS to get you to the nearest Starbucks.So as various communications and information technologies become more interdependent, so too does the infrastructure that supports those technologies. Telecommunications networks, cell phone towers, and control centers are just some of the cyber assets that are becoming more and more interwoven everyday.
It’s DHS’ responsibility to coordinate with the private sector, which in large part owns and operates these increasingly seamless networks and systems. We took a big step today toward making sure that we can fulfill our role of being a good partner in the event of a disaster – be it natural or manmade.
This morning, Secretary Napolitano cut the ribbon on the National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC). The NCCIC (which we say N-Kick) is a new 24-hour watch and warning center that consolidates many of the Department’s cyber and communications operations centers that respond to emergency incidents.
The NCCIC co-locates the missions and functions of several of the Department’s most important cybersecurity facilities, such as the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), the National Coordinating Center (NCC) and the National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC) – and ultimately our private sector partners. This groundbreaking center is the result of collaboration of a Joint Industry-Government Tiger Team, the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, and the Government Accountability Office.
The result is one solution: a unified operations center. The NCCIC will help the department detect, prevent, respond, and mitigate disruptions of voice and cyber communications technologies.
That cell phone relies on more technology and networking than ever before. We’re working every day to keep it safe.
To learn more about the DHS’s cybersecurity efforts, visit www.dhs.gov/cyber.
Labels: Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Awareness Month, NCCIC, Secretary Napolitano
posted by DHS @ 1:52 PM
2 Comments:
At November 4, 2009 11:18 AM ,
Anonymous said...
after reviewing all from the daily open source brief....and having been following current administration and wishing all well in your sworn endeavors...a concept has come to mind...after reading and visiting .gov sites I've been approached by people who might want to exploit me...maybe they think I'm a player or whatever...but that leads me to think of a pilot program enhanced by your pop up surveys...how many concerned citizens who live their lives according to the laws and try to do their best for their neighbors and their countries...how many of these people would be willing to say, "the heck with privacy, come into my computer and follow me as I follow you"....see who wants to exploit the vet with ptsd, the .gov site visitor, the concerned citizen"....test your capabilities of tracking through us...see who is winding up people with propaganda and unfactual e mails...and gauge our laws to prevent this unwholesome intrusion into the sworn duties of government office holders. Ask for citizen corps volunteers who believe in wholesomeness of government....find the hate, the racism, the anti government assaults that we are exposed to every day in our e mails.
I'm actually getting sick and tired of explaining these things to people who have been wound up by propaganda.
At February 12, 2010 5:03 AM ,
Cell Phone Jammers said...
t's easy to criticize government failures. But as the U.S. Congress is learning in the case of the executive branch's cybersecurity efforts, fixing problems and crafting improvements is a little more difficult.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity arm has been under fire practically since its inception, flunking tests by outside auditors and receiving letter grades of "F" from congressional overseers. That invited speculation last year about whether the National Security Agency or the White House should take over responsibility for cybersecurity tasks.
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