Edupage, December 08, 2004 (fwd)

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TOP STORIES FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 08, 2004
  IBM Sells PC Unit to Chinese Company
  IT Leaders Urge Increased Cybersecurity
  IM, P2P Threat-Detection Network Launched
  Air Force Merges Three Tech Offices
  Intel Reveals Plans for 2005
  Online University Sued in Pennsylvania



IT LEADERS URGE INCREASED CYBERSECURITY
The Cyber Security Industry Alliance urged the Bush administration to
increase efforts to protect U.S. computer and Internet infrastructure,
proposing that the national cybersecurity director position be elevated
to the assistant secretary level. The alliance is an industry advocacy
group for companies that sell cybersecurity services, hardware, and
software. The alliance's proposals reflect those in a report issued by
the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, part of the Committee on
Homeland Security. The most recent congressional move to raise the
profile of cybersecurity within the Department of Homeland Security
failed when language in support of that change was stripped from
legislation designed to overhaul the nation's intelligence community.
Washington Post, 8 December 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45622-2004Dec7.html

IM, P2P THREAT-DETECTION NETWORK LAUNCHED
IMlogic with McAfee Inc., Sybari Software, Yahoo, America Online, and
Microsoft, among others, launched an instant messaging (IM) threat
center clearinghouse to stop IM viruses, malicious software code, and
spam before they occur, according to an announcement by IMlogic. The
IMlogic Threat Center provides a central location for detecting and
analyzing IM and peer-to-peer threats. It also plans to alert IM users
of threats and help protect against them. The center will include a
knowledge base of threats and use honeypots to detect IM and P2P
threats.
PCWorld, 7 December 2004
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,118851,00.asp