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Will the top-of-mind security issues of today be the issues facing government tomorrow? Tom Temin hosts federal experts on FISMA reform, TIC and other components of the Cyber Initiative, the cyber evils of botnets and spyware...and more. Listen to Federal Security Spotlight, sponsored by Cisco - airing Thursday from 10am to 10:30am.

A new Internet threat emerges

June 2, 2010 - 11:09am

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Encore presentation, Originally aired May 6, 2010 -- Federal Security Spotlight this week delves into the issue of internet routing tables and the Border Gateway Protocol.

What's going on?

The protocol in recent weeks appears to have been hacked in such a way that traffic from some of the leading U.S. business and government institutions was rerouted -- through China.

The event only lasted 17 minutes, but it showed in stark reality a dangerous new possibility for Internet mischief.

Analyzing the events is Rod Joffe, the chief technologist at Neustar, a major Internet operator.

Discussing efforts to add encryption and authentication to the BGP is Doug Montgomery of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Additional Resources:

NIST BGP Security and Robustness Project

DHS Science and Technology - Secure Protocols for the Routing Infrastructure (SPRI) Project

IETF Secure Inter-Domain Routing (SIDR) Working Group

GAO: Cybersecurity information sharing can improve
09/02/10
This week, FSS talks to Dave Powner, the director of information technology management issues at the Government Accountability Office.
Sept. 2, 2010

One answer to the new threats
08/24/10
This week, host Tom Temin talks with Khalid Kark of Forrester Research.
Aug. 26, 2010

Bringing industry and government together for cyber security
08/17/10
This week's Federal Security Spotlight features Bobbie Stempfley, director of DHS's National Cyber Security Division.
Aug. 19, 2010

How DHS gets word about cybersecurity out to public
08/10/10
This week, Federal Security Spotlight presents highlight of a speech given by Bruce McConnell, senior advisor to the director of the National Programs and Protection Directorate of the Homeland Security Department.
Aug. 12, 2010

Navy examines its cyber workforce needs
08/04/10
This week, host Tom Temin talks with Chris Kelsall, the director of the Cyber/IT Workforce, in the CIO office of the Department of the Navy.
August 5, 2010

Commerce has part of the Internet, too
07/28/10
This week, host Tom Temin talks with Commerce Senior Advisor Marc Berejka.
July 29, 2010

How to buy software with assurance and integrity
07/20/10
This week, Federal Security Spotlight checks in with Rich Marshall of the Dept. of Homeland Security.
July 22, 2010

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