In response to the ever-increasing number of breaches, including most recently Sony Pictures, The White House has formed the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center to coordinate cyber threat data and assessments. This move is met with both praise and criticism. The frequency and increasing sophistication of the breaches across the private and public sectors leads many to suggest that the government is uniquely positioned to fill this role. Others cite redundancy and inefficiency as characteristic of government intervention and offer little hope that increased government involvement will mitigate the threat.

This Little Light of Mine

Regardless of your position on government intervention, the move reflects a heightened awareness of the pervasive nature of cyberthreats in our world. But the truth of this new Center must not get lost in the big picture. The narrative will include other prominent agencies including the FBI, the National Security Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, and even the U.S. military’s Cyber Command, and coordinating the assessments of these agencies is, indeed, very important. Just as important, though, is heightened awareness at the local level, in the minds and eyes of the small business and independent government contractor. The risk for them is just as real if not as heavily funded. So point the light toward your organization’s infrastructure and let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

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ICS uses industry-leading technologies to audit and assess your security program. Where weaknesses are discovered, we can further assess the vulnerability of your network infrastructure and, using ethical hackers, attempt an attack on the identified vulnerabilities.

Our efforts will continue to be informed by threat assessments produced by private and public agencies working alongside us in this space, and we’d like to put our expertise to work for you. Call us today.