Internet2 and Cybersecurity

FireEye, Inc., a leader in global anti-botnet protection, announced that it has joined Internet2 as a corporate member. FireEye plans to collaborate with the Internet2 community on advanced network security projects involving high-performance network security and next- generation malware analysis In addition, FireEye and Internet2 will host a joint webinar titled "Botnet Incident Response" on April 2, 2008. FireEye's chief security content officer Dr. Fengmin Gong will also present "Scaling Security Analysis vs. Next-Gen Botnet Malware Using VM-Based Analysis" at the Spring Internet2 Member Meeting on April 21-23 in Arlington, Va.

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM). A variety of resources are available from the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force, including a NCSAM resource kit and winning entries for the 2007 Computer Security Awareness Video Contest, which can be used for planning activities on campus to increase cyber security awareness among your students, faculty, and staff.

The EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force, the National Cyber Security Alliance, and ResearchChannel are pleased to announce the winning entries for the 2007 Computer Security Awareness Video Contest conducted by the Security Task Force to raise awareness of and increase computer security at colleges and universities.

The contest sought videos that explain computer security problems and specific actions that college and university students can take to safeguard their computers or personal information, and had two categories of videos: two-minute-or-less training or instructional videos, and 30-second public service announcements. The videos can be used in campus security awareness campaigns during student orientation and throughout the year.

The attached recording provides coverage of a 20 minute interview with Internet2 President and CEO, Douglas Van Houweling.  Listen in as he shares thoughts on cybersecurity, cyberinfrastructure, CALEA, data curation and much more. 

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In this five minute interview, Charles Yun, Program Manager for Internet2, offers some thoughts on the conference and some highlights from his interest in security vis-a-vis the research and development work going on at Internet2.