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What would happen if one day the computers stopped working? That is what we may face when we look at the growing threat posed by the sophisticated cyber attacks we are currently experiencing.

.......According to Executive Order 13010 signed by President Bill Clinton on July 15th, 1996, critical infrastructures includes the following.

� Telecommunications
� Electrical power systems
� Gas and oil storage and transportation
� Banking and finance
� Transportation
� Water supply systems
� Emergency services (including medical, police, fire, and rescue)
� Continuity of government

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has begun implementation of a number of mechanisms in an effort to improve information sharing with critical infrastructure owners and operators. These include:

� Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN)
� Executive Notification System (ENS)
� Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC)
� Homeland Infrastructure Threat and Risk Analysis Center (HITRAC)
� National Infrastructure Coordinating Center (NICC)
� Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII)

The information sharing pertains to information flowing between the intelligence community and critical infrastructure owners and operators. Even though these programs are in place and they have made progress, there is more that needs to be done. The current threat environment requires solid, trusted relationships to ensure to successful information sharing and collaboration between the private sector and the government. That takes time.

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/004861.html

Washington Post

President announces cybersecurity push

SOLAR ACTIVITY: NASA's STEREO-B spacecraft, stationed over the sun's eastern horizon, is tracking a new active region. It is circled in this extreme ultraviolet image transmitted from STEREO-B just hours ago:

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