State and local law enforcement is not ready for a cyber Katrina
Rahul Bhaskar · Communications of the ACM · 2006
The article reports that the national strategy to secure cyber-space plan makes improvements to the nation's response to cyber incidents Biblioteca de Ciencias y Tecnología Normal Biblioteca de Ciencias y Tecnología 1 1 2006-06-30T22:19:00Z 2006-06-30T22:20:00Z 1 155 857 UCLA 7 2 1010 11.6360 Clean Clean 21 6 pto 2 2 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Tabla normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} The article reports that the national strategy to secure cyber-space plan makes improvements to the nation's response to cyber incidents. But at the state level, the response is handled by different agencies that do not necessarily coordinate. Moreover, the blueprint for the response is predominantly technical. Multistage Intelligence and Analysis Sharing Center (MSISAC) is a state-level organization set up to serve as a critical point of contact between the states and the federal government. MSISAC focuses primarily on technical responses without any consideration to computer forensics and computer crime investigation needs. Knowledge of computer forensics within the law enforcement community is very limited. None of the key elements of computer forensics identification, preservation, analysis, and presentation are done uniformly by law enforcement. A serious shortage of law enforcement officers trained in computer forensics present a significant challenge to any computer security response plan.