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The first step to formulating an organized response is to define cyberwar correctly, said Robert Rodriguez, a former Secret Service special agent and founder of the Security Innovation Network. Calling what's gone on in recent years a "cyberwar" only complicates things, he said.

"War connotes huge conflict at a grand level between nations and societies," Rodriguez said.
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Small companies at a Stanford University conference (ITSEF) showcased new computer network defenses for potential partners

John Stewart, Cisco Systems' chief security officer, spent St. Patrick's Day looking for cybersecurity innovations.

Technology companies that include Cisco (CSCO), Oracle (ORCL), and eBay's (EBAY) PayPal division descended on Stanford University on Mar. 17 for a conference designed to introduce security startups to industry and government officials. Computer network gear maker Cisco was scouting out small technology companies whose products can help steel its own network against what Stewart says has been a barrage of attempted hacking attacks.
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The U.S. government is stepping up recruitment of engineers who can help wage cyberwar
Kyle Osborn does a good job impersonating a technical support rep. On a recent day in Southern California, the 19-year-old is working the phones, trying to persuade people on the other end to download malicious software.
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Recent research shows clearly that our critical infrastructure is under repeated cyberattack often from high-level adversaries like foreign nation-states. In fact the estimated cost from downtime, caused by major attacks, exceeds $6M per day. It's now confirmed: Our critical infrastructure is under repeated cyberattack from high-level adversaries.

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The federal government plans to ramp up cybersecurity spending over the next several years, but deploying new technologies in this area could face some internal challenges, according to a new report by a market research firm.
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Robert is on the right track with his innovative thinking. The internet is like the “wild wild west” and the United States has a great opportunity to maintain an innovative advantage through collaborating, instead of thinking of it as a competition. We need a new approach to maintain our cyber world.
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"Last year . . . NSA came out and folks in DoD and DHS, DNI, etcetera. They are looking for innovation. I think 46 percent of the companies that attended last year came from out of state, 86 percent of them wanted to partner with the government, but they don't know how, who, what, where or when. . . . They've been discouraged by venture capitalists and others that invest in these companies because the sales cycles can be anywhere from a year to two to three. The government needs help and I think that these innovators and entrepreneurs and the early stage emerging companies in cyber can help them."
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Discussion with Robert Rodriguez on hardware counterfeiting problems.
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Nextgov spoke with SINet founder Robert Rodriguez about a week before the forum about the state of collaboration between government and business. Rodriguez retired from federal government in 2004 after serving in the Secret Service for more than two decades and heading the San Francisco Electronic Crimes Task Force, which established working relationships among government, public, private and international stakeholders to establish strategies for better protecting computer infrastructures.
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For some years, I’ve been following the world of academic and industrial research on information security, especially interdisciplinary research.    There is wide-spread agreement on what needs to be done. But no one seems to be able to mobilize any signficant research into solutions. It’s been very frustrating to see so much talk and so little action.
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Fear, uncertainty and doubt is an integral part of the security industry. Vendors sell FUD, the media loves reporting it, and trade shows thrive on it.

So it's not surprising that the RSA Security Conference held here this week had vendors, analysts and assorted others serving up huge dollops of FUD.

But two themes in particular appeared to be fueling much of the trepidation at this year's show: the recent attacks against Google, and the change being forced on enterprise security models by the increasing adoption of mobile and Web 2.0 technologies by end users.
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An important theme within the conversation at RSA Conference 2010 has been finding ways for the government and private industry to better collaborate when it comes to fighting cyberthreats.
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It's always a pleasure to speak to my good friend and business associate Robert as he is able to explain our nations need for security innovation better then anyone I know - while giving direction to start-up companies on what it takes to get out there and start doing business with the government.
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Robert Rodriguez thinks there are plenty of innovative ideas emanating from American entrepreneurs to secure information systems that those responsible for federal government cybersecurity haven't heard of.
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As investigators study whether Chinese schools played a role in attacks on Google and other U.S. companies, they may face a new challenge: the need for cooperation in China.

The attacks, which came to light in January, affected Google and more than 20 other U.S. companies. In the latest development, investigators have been examining links between the attacks and computers at educational institutions in that country, according to people briefed on the matter.
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A series of online attacks on Google and dozens of other American corporations have been traced to computers at two educational institutions in China, including one with close ties to the Chinese military, say people involved in the investigation.
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