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Cyber Defense: 20 Critical Controls |
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Thursday, 28 May 2009 |
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By Michael Eggebrecht
A consortium of federal agencies recently issued a list of 20 security controls to help organizations block not only the most recent cyber attacks, but also those that are expected to arise in the near future.
While the guidelines were put together primarily by government security experts, they offer valuable advice for financial institutions, retailers and other private companies and can be leveraged as part of an overall security program.
A draft of the guidance, which was created by a group led by John Gilligan, former CIO of the U.S. Air Force and Department of Energy, and representatives of the National Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security and Government Accounting Office, was released in late February. But the final document was posted earlier this month. We've boiled it down for you here.
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