Csec620 Paper 2

Cybersecurity Partnership

Between

Industry and the Government

James Valentine

University of Maryland University College

Abstract

Today we are truly a connected planet. Modern computer systems touch every aspect of our daily lives, even if a person does not use a computer directly they are un-aware users of information systems from when they get up in the morning and turn on a light to their commute to work and finally to their relaxation time a computer of some sort touches them daily. The security of these systems is left to the individual network service provider, electric grid, public transportation system and entertainment systems. But as the cyber threat has increased in recent times so has the complexity of securing these systems. This paper will attempt to discuss the role of government in this process of securing the network.

Cybersecurity Partnership between Industry and the Government

The evolution of computer networks from the early beginning of interconnected local devices, to the interconnected world of today has created both a great boon for mankind as well as challenges to both personal privacy as well as network security that was not conceivable at the time when computer networking was limited to networks that did not communicate outside their corporate environment. As many businesses are moving to cloud-based services and web-enabled services, vulnerabilities have arisen whereby criminal organizations, government entities, hackers, and terrorists, are continuously taking advantage of the interconnectivity of information devices for criminal activities. The interconnectivity of our modern communication networks creates challenges to security managers that provide the oversight of the interconnected networks. The builders of the original Internet could never imagine when they set the baseline for today’s information systems that so many issues involving the ownership of the networks, legal supervision of the network, and the security...