Chertoff pushes cybersecurity goals

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SAN FRANCISCO—Federal cybersecurity officials are trying to develop an early warning system that alerts authorities to incoming computer attacks targeting critical U.S. infrastructure, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Tuesday.

Chertoff's keynote speech at the RSA security conference, however, was light on details about this and other initiatives, many of which he said were classified.

Some security experts said the idea of an early warning system seemed far-fetched.

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He was referring to the "Einstein Program" run out of the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, or US-CERT, a partnership of the homeland security department, other public agencies and private companies. The Einstein program is an automated process for collecting and sharing security information.

Denver Post

Cyberspace Early Warning System?

How 'early' can one be when its been established that the FBI forced ISPs to use Carnivore, a system that's analogous to Internet wiretapping?

How about 'protecting' the crumbling infrastructure like bridges and water systems?