Media Asks ISA To Comment On WH Cyber Order
ISA on CNBC On February 13, 2013, following the release of the Obama Administration’s Executive Order, CNBC’s “Power Lunch” asked ISA President Larry Clinton to appear on the show to discuss how the Executive Order will impact the private sector and solicit ISA’s view on its implications. To watch the segment, please proceed to ISA […]
2013 Annual Highlights
2013 ISA Summer Board Meeting begins consideration of new three year plan for ISA including discussion of the following new projects: International ISA Cost study on framework implementation and incentives under the EO Best Practices for Boards of Directors Writing a cyber security bill for industry/Congress Model Contracts based on NIST Framework Supply Chain management […]
Google: NSA Isn’t Snooping
On his June 12th Fox Business News appearance, ISA President Larry Clinton rebutted the notion that the private sector is providing the National Security Agency “unfettered access” to all of its data. Clinton stressed the fact that companies safeguard their data because it is in their business interests to do so. He also noted the […]
Internet Security Alliance (ISA) Comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology on “Developing a Framework to Improve Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity”
Current Risk Management Practices: NIST solicits information about how organizations assess risk; how cybersecurity factors into that risk assessment; the current usage of existing cybersecurity frameworks, standards, and guidelines; and other management practices related to cybersecurity. In addition, NIST is interested in understanding whether particular frameworks, standards, guidelines, and/or best practices are mandated by legal […]
Defending Cyber Attacks
On February 13, 2013, following the release of the Obama administration’s Executive Order 13636, CNBC’s “Power Lunch” asked ISA President Larry Clinton to appear on the show to discuss how the order will impact the private sector and solicit ISA’s view on its implications.
CNBC: Cyber Attack Warning
Corporate America’s Cyber Defense
“Cyber Czar” Praises ISA on Health Care Program
In an unusual move, the White House’s cyber security lead, the so called “Cyber Czar,” Howard Schmidt joined the ISA, ANSI, and the Santa Fe Group at the National Press Club for the launch of the ISA’s most recent publication in its Financial Risk Management Program: “The Financial Impact of Breached Protected Health Information – […]
ISA Testimony Leads To Bipartisan Cyber Incentives Effort
ISA’s long-standing efforts to create an economically viable and sustainable approach to cybersecurity reached a milestone following an unusually collaborative and non-partisan hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology on February 8, 2012. After the hearing, Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA) formed a bipartisan Task […]
ISA Leads Effort W/DHS To “Reboot” Ind-Govt Partership
Since the crafting of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), the ISA has taken a lead role in seeking a viable partnership between government and industry to address the unique problems in defending integrated cyber systems against increasingly sophisticated attacks. ISA outlined a re-drafted model in its Cyber Security “Social Contract” (2008) and “Social Contract […]
