Slashdot Mirror
US Defense Contractors Still Waiting For Breach Notification Rules
An anonymous reader writes US Department of Defense contractors will have to wait until September 24 to see what specific rules they will be required to follow when it comes to the reporting of computer breaches to the DoD. This particular requirement has been mandated by the US Congress last year, in an attempt to get clear view of the type and frequency of attacks contractors face. The US Congress will require "cleared defense contractors" — i.e. those who have been granted clearance by the DoD to access, receive, or store classified information — to effect a rapid report in the wake of a successful breach, and to include in it a description of the technique or method used in the penetration, a sample of the malicious software used (if discovered), and a summary of information created for the Department in connection with any Department program that has been potentially compromised due to such penetration.
But not yet, maybe by next month we'll figure out how quickly we want you to tell us.
Don't waste your vote! Vote for whoever you want, unless you live in a swing state it won't matter anyways
Never talk about the fightclub... um i mean, immediately report the breach to DOD!
There is no rule number 2.
I guess they need time to put it in writing in some contract jargon.
Somebody, get Dick, to plug van Dyke.
Rootkits from large corporations such as Sony - ignore.
A mentally ill Brit stumbles across some web pages that are publicly available by accident - extradite and jail the bastard!
That seems to be that practice up to this point.
Congress was actually able to get something done last year!?!
Oh wait! Upon further review, I see that this is part of the National Defence Spending Authorization Bill...
'Nuff said.
You must disclose any breach at least 90 days prior to discovery or 60 days prior to its occurrence, whichever comes first. Any breach occurring without advance notification will be dealt with severely.
You must disclose all breaches on Form 27B/6. The form is secret and you do not have access to it.
Access to your system by any person on the 'no access list' will be considered a breach. The identity of persons on the 'no access list' is secret, and the Government will not inform you of whether any given person is or is not on it.
Knowing of any breach makes a person a 'high risk' individual. 'High risk' individuals shall be added to the 'no access list.'
The Government reserves the right to access your system at any time without notification. Allowing anyone, including the Government, access without advance approval is a security breach.
These rules themselves are secret and you do not have access to them.
Thank you for your cooperation, Citizen.
They just really don't want to do that and are going to stall as long as they can get away with it. Most of them are probably running no form of IDS, have no personnel capable of actually detecting a breach, have no security policy beyond poorly-enforced DOD mandates (Which effectively boils down to "Change your password every 90 days") and really don't want to be distracted from collecting their fat government checks every month by anything resembling actual work.
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
If they don't notice they've been breached, are they still required to go through with the embarrassing and expensive analysis and report of the breach?
Don't waste your vote! Vote for whoever you want, unless you live in a swing state it won't matter anyways
Breaches are already reported from the contractor's SSO to the government program office's SSO within 24 hours. Congress' issue is that they don't know what is going on and they decided to meddle in this one particular detail. Contractors absolutely do not attempt to cover this up, getting caught covering something like this up would cause them to immediately loose their funding and the right to bid on future contracts -- effectively a corporate death sentence. SSOs are almost all former soldiers with security backgrounds in the services and operate at the highest levels of integrity. They would absolutely place the country over their employer any day.