Security Community Blog

As the infrastructures that comprise the backbone of critical services, business and government operations become more dependent on technology, the need for greater coordination and security of our critical infrastructure increases.  

Last week, President Barack Obama issued a proclamation declaring December, 2009 to be “Critical Infrastructure Protection Month.”  The Presidential proclamation underscores the vital importance of the ongoing work and achievements of the private sector and the government in protecting and ensuring the resilience of our Nation’s critical infrastructure and key resources.

At Symantec, we know that the nation’s critical infrastructures are top-tier targets for groups wishing to cause visible harm in order to negatively affect continuity of services, create civil unrest, damage our...

Last week, Symantec announced its participation in the Lockheed Martin NexGen Cyber Innovation and Technology Center. This initiative supports the Symantec’s vision of providing comprehensive and long-term security solutions for the US Government through intimate knowledge of government requirements and challenges, forward-leaning technologies, and working relationships with the public and private organizations that drive governmental standards and vision.

As reported in Government Computer News, the center will "the new NexGen facility will be able to tap into the defense center's data feeds, or simulate government agency computing environments, and test various approaches to mitigate cyberattacks.... The new center also features dedicated distributed cloud computing and virtualization capabilities. Those capabilities would permit an agency to...