yeah. that's actually not that funny. thank god those european types with their fancy "debian" don't think burning people alive is gnu.
sorry. us americans don't get many "haha! screw you!" moments these days. how do them riots taste, froggies? like flies?
freedom hurts. french or not. (even in canada)
Paranoid blathering by people who don't know a firewall from a fire hydrant aside, what TFA is talking about is giving the NSA authority over network security standards. This means that the NSA will CERTIFY that a particular network, say the FDA, meets the minumum standards necessary to take part in the information sharing network of the DHS. They will most likely also audit said networks regularly.
In this light, they will be much more of a building inspector than a traffic cop, ensuring that your foundation is not made out of, say, gasoline soaked asbestos.
Another important point is that they will be looking only at an organizations internal network. They can't control what happens outside the DMZ except to make sensible requirements regarding encryption and the like for sensitive information. (NOT Classified information, that's what SIPRnet is for; the actual term is 'Sensitive but Unclassified')
As TFA pointed out, they have been doing this for some time in select areas of the US Govt. They are really good at it and have the clout to keep disparate agencies in line. The main aim of a decision like this is to ensure that Agent Joe at the FBI is not reluctant to send sensitive information to Agent Laura at the INS because he is worried that their computer security standards are not up to snuff.
Does the NSA spy on the internet? well, duh, probably. Does this article have anything to do with that? Nope.
google these to be less ignorant: INFOSEC, NCSC, 'network defense in depth'
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yeah. that's actually not that funny. thank god those european types with their fancy "debian" don't think burning people alive is gnu. sorry. us americans don't get many "haha! screw you!" moments these days. how do them riots taste, froggies? like flies? freedom hurts. french or not. (even in canada)
Paranoid blathering by people who don't know a firewall from a fire hydrant aside, what TFA is talking about is giving the NSA authority over network security standards. This means that the NSA will CERTIFY that a particular network, say the FDA, meets the minumum standards necessary to take part in the information sharing network of the DHS. They will most likely also audit said networks regularly.
In this light, they will be much more of a building inspector than a traffic cop, ensuring that your foundation is not made out of, say, gasoline soaked asbestos.
Another important point is that they will be looking only at an organizations internal network. They can't control what happens outside the DMZ except to make sensible requirements regarding encryption and the like for sensitive information. (NOT Classified information, that's what SIPRnet is for; the actual term is 'Sensitive but Unclassified')
As TFA pointed out, they have been doing this for some time in select areas of the US Govt. They are really good at it and have the clout to keep disparate agencies in line. The main aim of a decision like this is to ensure that Agent Joe at the FBI is not reluctant to send sensitive information to Agent Laura at the INS because he is worried that their computer security standards are not up to snuff.
Does the NSA spy on the internet? well, duh, probably. Does this article have anything to do with that? Nope.
google these to be less ignorant: INFOSEC, NCSC, 'network defense in depth'