Difference between revisions of "Cybersecurity"
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* New companies like [https://www.sentinelone.com/partners/partner-overview/ Sentinel One] start advertising on national television with no known track record.  (2021-10-13 on NBC)  | * New companies like [https://www.sentinelone.com/partners/partner-overview/ Sentinel One] start advertising on national television with no known track record.  (2021-10-13 on NBC)  | ||
* Finding and fixing [[Cybersecurity]] breaches seems like an endless game of "Whack-a-Mole" where the more you whack them down, the faster that keep popping up.  | * Finding and fixing [[Cybersecurity]] breaches seems like an endless game of "Whack-a-Mole" where the more you whack them down, the faster that keep popping up.  | ||
| − | *   | + | * In most countries, like UK and EU, [[Cybersecurity]] is not required by law.  | 
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| + | ===OoD and Biden EO===  | ||
| + | * December 2017 DFARS 48 CFR § 252.204 - 7012 (Safeguarding covered defense information and cyber incident reporting) has been a requirement of DoD. Requiring defense contractors and subcontractors through flow - down to implement 110 NIST (SP) 800 – 171 cybersecurity practices.  | ||
| + | * November 2020, the DoD introduced DFARS 48 CFR § 252.204 – 7019, 7020 and 7021.  | ||
| + | ** DFARS clause 252.204 – 7019 (Notice of NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements) -  | ||
| + | Contractors and subcontractors must submit a basic NIST SP 800 - 171 compliance score to the DoD  | ||
| + | Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) to be considered for contract award.  | ||
| + | ** DFARS clause 252.204 – 7020 (NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements) Contractor shall  | ||
| + | provide access to its facilities, systems, and personnel necessary for the Government to conduct a Medium  | ||
| + | or High NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment.  | ||
| + | ** Contractors shall not award contracts to subcontractors unless a NIST SP 800-171 score is held in SPRS.  | ||
| + | * None of that seems to apply to COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) software.  | ||
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==Solutions==  | ==Solutions==  | ||
"The past 10 years have seen a move from R&D in purely defensive enterprise protection concepts to increasingly smart, autonomous, and reactive [[Cybersecurity]] research. This movement away from boundary protection and after-attack analysis, to proactive automonic systems has opened the door to new investigations and opportunities that are vital to future R&D."<ref>Terry Benzel, ''Cybersecurity Research of the Future''  '''CACM 64''' no. 1 (2021-01)</ref>  | "The past 10 years have seen a move from R&D in purely defensive enterprise protection concepts to increasingly smart, autonomous, and reactive [[Cybersecurity]] research. This movement away from boundary protection and after-attack analysis, to proactive automonic systems has opened the door to new investigations and opportunities that are vital to future R&D."<ref>Terry Benzel, ''Cybersecurity Research of the Future''  '''CACM 64''' no. 1 (2021-01)</ref>  | ||
Revision as of 02:10, 21 November 2021
Full Title or Meme
The increase in cyber attacks and ransom-ware payments is increasing the demand for "experts" beyond the supply.
Context
- It seems that a snake-oil industry is in development to provider service for high costs beyond the capacity of the talent to respond.
 - Cybernetics was described by Norbert Weiner before computers were anything more than a curiosity. It was not the source may any terms in English before very suspect activities like Bitcoin.
 
Problems
- New companies like Sentinel One start advertising on national television with no known track record. (2021-10-13 on NBC)
 - Finding and fixing Cybersecurity breaches seems like an endless game of "Whack-a-Mole" where the more you whack them down, the faster that keep popping up.
 - In most countries, like UK and EU, Cybersecurity is not required by law.
 
OoD and Biden EO
- December 2017 DFARS 48 CFR § 252.204 - 7012 (Safeguarding covered defense information and cyber incident reporting) has been a requirement of DoD. Requiring defense contractors and subcontractors through flow - down to implement 110 NIST (SP) 800 – 171 cybersecurity practices.
 -  November 2020, the DoD introduced DFARS 48 CFR § 252.204 – 7019, 7020 and 7021.
- DFARS clause 252.204 – 7019 (Notice of NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements) -
 
 
Contractors and subcontractors must submit a basic NIST SP 800 - 171 compliance score to the DoD Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) to be considered for contract award.
- DFARS clause 252.204 – 7020 (NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements) Contractor shall
 
provide access to its facilities, systems, and personnel necessary for the Government to conduct a Medium or High NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment.
- Contractors shall not award contracts to subcontractors unless a NIST SP 800-171 score is held in SPRS.
 
- None of that seems to apply to COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) software.
 
Solutions
"The past 10 years have seen a move from R&D in purely defensive enterprise protection concepts to increasingly smart, autonomous, and reactive Cybersecurity research. This movement away from boundary protection and after-attack analysis, to proactive automonic systems has opened the door to new investigations and opportunities that are vital to future R&D."[1]
References
- ↑ Terry Benzel, Cybersecurity Research of the Future CACM 64 no. 1 (2021-01)