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Submission + - .Org Signed for DNSSEC (esecurityplanet.com)

Submitted by graychase on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @04:34PM

graychase writes: A major milestone is reached as the first major top-level domain (.org) is now secured with DNSSEC.

The expense to .org for implementing DNSSEC on its infrastructure and operations has not been a small one. While specific figures as to the cost of DNSSEC implementation haven't been released, Afilias, which is the technical operator of the .org registry, told InternetNews.com in 2009 that the DNSSEC implementation would be a multi-million dollar effort.

The cost isn't going to be passed on by .org to domain registrars.

The move toward securing the .org registry with DNS security started back in September 2008, following the Kaminsky DNS flaw disclosure.

Submission + - U.S. Not Training Enough Cyber Security Experts (esecurityplanet.com)

Submitted by graychase on Thursday March 25, 2010 @10:37AM

graychase writes: Homeland Security's cybersecurity director, Richard Marshall, warns that universities aren't turning out enough cybersecurity experts and urges greater scholarship funding.

"Look at all the great football and basketball programs. They're all on scholarships. They're not playing for fun — they're playing for money," he said. "We need to do the same thing with our computer science students."

"The IT industry provides a one trillion — with a 'T' — dollar contribution to the U.S. gross domestic product," Marshall said. "If you're looking for a metric for cyber security, money is a good metric."

"Economic security and national security are joined at the hip," he added.

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