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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently released a white paper describing a tripartite approach to cybersecurity based on automation, interoperability, and authentication designed to make networks fundamentally more secure. Some simulations of the new system show that just 30% to 35% of connected devices would need to cooperate in order to defend against an attack.
Automation would involve devices having strong feed-forward and feedback-signaling mechanisms that can accommodate communications failures. Authentication involves devices with a heightened ability to observe, record, and share data. Interoperability is broken down into semantic, technical, and policy types. Semantic is the ability of users to understand a message, technical is the practical ability to send the messages, and policy is common business processes related to the transmission, receipt, and acceptance of data.
The paper says that creating the model will require that the government assume a greater role in securing online networks. The paper suggests the formation of a new government agency called the Cyber Center for Disease Control and Prevention, which would watch for threats and incidents and coordinate preventative actions.
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