Information Security Sphere--Government Sector

H/W #6

1. Each group will investigate the assigned Federal Department or Agency below for it’s roles and responsibilities in such aspects as information security, cybercrime, cyber-terrorism, computer security, network security. See group assignment below in ( )

2. Areas of investigation and reporting—defined by the group

3. On February 16, 2005, each group will submit one paper, minimum 3-4 pages, at the beginning of class and present a 5-minute report on the assign Department or Agency during class.

“The Federal Government”:

http://www.firstgov.gov/Agencies/Federal/Executive.shtml http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/

Departments and Agencies of the US Government—

• (1) Department of Commerce

  • Bureau of Industry and Security

  • Computer Security Resource Center (CSRC)

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • National Information Assurance Partnership

  • National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

• Department of Defense (DOD)

  • (2) - Defense Information Systems Agency

    • IA Support Element- http://iase.disa.mil/

• Department of Energy

• (3) Department of Homeland Security

  • Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?theme=52

• -National Cyber Security Division (NCSD)

  • https://www.csialliance.org/resources/pdfs/Yoran_Testimony.pdf

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• - National Communications System

  • NSTAC- http://www.ncs.gov/nstac/nstac.html

  • US CERT- http://www.us-cert.gov/

• Department of Justice

  • Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS)

• (4) Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)

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• Federal Trade Commission

  • FTC's Education Campaign on Consumer Information security

• (5) The National Security Agency

  • -Information Assurance Directorate http://www.nsa.gov/ia/

  • http://www.nsa.gov/ia/Wolf_SFR_22_July_2003.pdf

• (6) United States Treasury

  • US Secret Service http://www.secretservice.gov/index.shtml