Jun, 2001 : AppliedTheory Teams With FBI to Fight Internet Crime
📅 - AppliedTheory took a step toward making the Internet a safer place for computers this week by throwing its aid behind one of crime's biggest opponents, the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
On Tuesday, the Internet development and hosting company announced that it would be taking a leading role in the launch of a new Central New York chapter of InfraGard, the FBI program designed to help computer professionals share information about Internet crime, and advice on how to protect themselves from it.
According to AppliedTheory, the number of computer intrusion investigations conducted by the FBI has grown from 450 to 1,200 in the last three years, making a response to Internet crime more of a priority than it ever has been before.
The InfraGard group's first meeting is scheduled to take place at AppliedTheory's Syracuse office on Tuesday, June 26, and is expected to draw participation from more than a dozen local technology companies. The inaugural meeting will focus on reviewing information from the FBI's Computer Intrusion Case and the goals of the InfraGard program, and to view a demonstration of InfraGards secure Web site.
The program, says AppliedTheory, is designed to provide law enforcement and technology professionals a system with which to share information about cyber intrusions, exploited vulnerabilities and infrastructure threats. The program offers its members four basic services, including an intrusion alert network using encrypted email, a secure Web site for communication about suspicious activity or intrusions, local chapter activities like seminars and training and a help desk to answer questions.
?AppliedTheory is assisting in the launch of this InfraGard chapter to help our customers prevent security attacks and to provide them with a direct, streamlined channel to the FBI should they become victims of hackers,? says Danny E. Stroud, president and CEO of AppliedTheory. ?InfraGard is a great program that gives AppliedTheory and its customers access to national security alerts and information from both the FBI and the attorney general's office.?
And while the InfraGard program is intended mainly as an information source for the prevention of Internet crime, AppliedTheory says it can also be used by customers as a tool to help customers build their case and prosecute perpetrators when necessary.
The national InfraGard program began as a pilot project in 1996, with a collaboration between the Cleveland FBI Field Office and local computer professionals asked to assist the organization in determining how to better protect critical information systems in the public and private sectors. The FBI and the National Infrastructure Protection Center launched the national InfraGard program in January 2001, with chapters at 56 FBI field offices nationwide, and representing more than 500 companies.
On Tuesday, the Internet development and hosting company announced that it would be taking a leading role in the launch of a new Central New York chapter of InfraGard, the FBI program designed to help computer professionals share information about Internet crime, and advice on how to protect themselves from it.
According to AppliedTheory, the number of computer intrusion investigations conducted by the FBI has grown from 450 to 1,200 in the last three years, making a response to Internet crime more of a priority than it ever has been before.
The InfraGard group's first meeting is scheduled to take place at AppliedTheory's Syracuse office on Tuesday, June 26, and is expected to draw participation from more than a dozen local technology companies. The inaugural meeting will focus on reviewing information from the FBI's Computer Intrusion Case and the goals of the InfraGard program, and to view a demonstration of InfraGards secure Web site.
The program, says AppliedTheory, is designed to provide law enforcement and technology professionals a system with which to share information about cyber intrusions, exploited vulnerabilities and infrastructure threats. The program offers its members four basic services, including an intrusion alert network using encrypted email, a secure Web site for communication about suspicious activity or intrusions, local chapter activities like seminars and training and a help desk to answer questions.
?AppliedTheory is assisting in the launch of this InfraGard chapter to help our customers prevent security attacks and to provide them with a direct, streamlined channel to the FBI should they become victims of hackers,? says Danny E. Stroud, president and CEO of AppliedTheory. ?InfraGard is a great program that gives AppliedTheory and its customers access to national security alerts and information from both the FBI and the attorney general's office.?
And while the InfraGard program is intended mainly as an information source for the prevention of Internet crime, AppliedTheory says it can also be used by customers as a tool to help customers build their case and prosecute perpetrators when necessary.
The national InfraGard program began as a pilot project in 1996, with a collaboration between the Cleveland FBI Field Office and local computer professionals asked to assist the organization in determining how to better protect critical information systems in the public and private sectors. The FBI and the National Infrastructure Protection Center launched the national InfraGard program in January 2001, with chapters at 56 FBI field offices nationwide, and representing more than 500 companies.
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