SANS Contributes To IMPACT

SANS is ponying up coin for the “International Multi…” well, short form is IMPACT. It’s an interenational group for fighting cyber computer crime, terrorism and things that go bump in the night.

From GCN:

The SANS Institute has announced a $1 million contribution to the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Terrorism (IMPACT) and started sharing technical information with the organization.

The two groups plan to expand developing countries’ online security resources, they said yesterday in an announcement issued at the IMPACT World Cyber Security Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

IMPACT and SANS plan to start by launching the Improved Cyber Defenses Though Cybersecurity Training and Skills Development activity. That project will conduct hands-on courses in core cybersecurity activities such as forensics, intrusion detection and penetration testing, they said.

The training project is aimed at providing world-class training to cybersecurity specialists working in every country, regardless of income level.

The joint project will emphasize building strong cyberdefenses, increasing cybersecurity training, promoting secure application development, and improving early-warning systems and the distribution of systems security news.

“Everyone on the Internet is connected. Weak security anywhere puts all other users at risk,” said SANS founder Alan Paller. “By investing in improving cyberdefenses and more secure application programming in the developing world, we hope we are helping to improve cybersecurity everywhere.”

Deducting 10 points for cyberdouchery overuse of “cyber”.

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