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Military Spends $4.4M To Supersize Net Monitoring
coondoggie writes "Bigger, better, faster, more are the driving themes behind the advanced network monitoring technology BBN Technologies is building for the military.
The high-tech firm got a $4.4 million contract today from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop novel, scalable attack detection algorithms; a flexible and expandable architecture for implementing and deploying the algorithms; and an execution environment for traffic inspection and algorithm execution. The network monitoring system is being developed under DARPA's Scalable Network Monitoring program which seeks to bolt down network security in the face of cyber attacks that have grown more subtle and sophisticated."
It doesn't actually sound like all that much to me. Frankly, I'm surprised that they're not spending 10x as much already. Of course, maybe they are...
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No, not shortsighted, just realistic. The fact remains that enormous amounts of money is spent to thwart these attackers and most of them don't get paid $4.4 million to hack.
Ummm... Honestly it is a waste. 98% of malware is written for one platform. Windows. Which, as everyone who knows anything about technology knows, Windows is one big security hole. The money spent on blocking individual viruses could be better used in stopping flaws that allow viruses access.
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Wrong, wrong, wrong... Net Monitoring is one of those disciplines that has no end. Hackers, viruses, and Trojans are ever changing. New threats, sites, and IPs appear every day. It is much like chess: your opponent makes a move, you counter it, and he makes yet another move. No one's network is without its threats, no matter the manufacturer or operating system.
What do I base my statements on? I do network security full-time for about 50,000 users.