US Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies
Posted in: Legal, Privacy & Security at 08/07/2010 19:27
The federal government is launching an expansive program dubbed "Perfect Citizen" to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running such critical infrastructure as the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants, according to people familiar with the program.
The surveillance by the National Security Agency, the government's chief eavesdropping agency, would rely on a set of sensors deployed in computer networks for critical infrastructure that would be triggered by unusual activity suggesting an impending cyber attack, though it wouldn't persistently monitor the whole system, these people said.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704545004575352983850463108.html
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U.S. aims to detect cyber infrastructure attacks - WSJ
The U.S. government is launching a program nicknamed "Perfect Citizen" to detect cyber assaults on private U.S. companies and government agencies running critical infrastructure, the Wall Street Journal said in its online edition.
The surveillance by the National Security Agency would rely on sensors deployed in computer networks for critical infrastructure such as the electricity grid or nuclear power plants that would be triggered by unusual activity suggesting an impending cyber attack, the unnamed sources told the newspaper.
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-49963120100708
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE66665N20100707
