Hardening The Internet

Full Title of Reference

Hardening The Internet : Final Report and Recommendations by the Council

Full Citation

Nat'l Infrastructure Advisory Council Hardening The Internet (2004). Web AltWeb

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Categorization

• Resource by Type: US Government Reports and Documents

Key Words

Department of Homeland Security, Research & Development

Synopsis

The Council’s report focuses its recommendations in the following three areas:

1) Near-term Approaches: Encouraging the adoption of Best Current Practices as the most effective approach to harden existing defenses against attack. The Council centers these recommendations on education and awareness initiatives and research into the adoption of BCPs;

2) Long-term Approaches: With sufficient time for research and development, additional work on core Internet protocols can be used to harden the Internet and associated networks and devices against malicious attacks. The Council centers these recommendations on more robust research and development;

3) Empowerment: In the near and long term, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and law enforcement agencies need on-going capabilities to investigate suspicious activity, prosecute cyber criminals, and harden their core operations. The Council centers these recommendations for empowering ISPs and law enforcement agencies on research and policy issues.

Additional Notes and Highlights

Expertise Required: Computer Networking: Moderate

For a list of Best Current Practices, see the National Reliability and Interoperability Council’s Best Practices Selector at http://www.bell-labs.com/cgiuser/krauscher/bestp.pl

For another working group's report from the same day see Prioritizing Cyber Vulnerabilities at http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/niac/NIAC_CyberVulnerabilitiesPaper_Feb05.pdf

Outline:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
BACKGROUND
 RECOMMENDATION AREA I 
  Recommendations: Adoption of Security Best Practices 
  Recommendations: Awareness of Security Best Practices  
 RECOMMENDATION AREA II 
  Recommendations: Research and Development 
 RECOMMENDATION AREA III 
  Recommendations: Empowering Service Providers and Law Enforcement  
SECTION 2 – RECOMMENDATION DISCUSSION
 RECOMMENDATION AREA I  
  Adoption of Security Best Practices 
   1A: Measuring Best Practice Adoption  
   1B: Route and Packet Filtering  
  Awareness of Security Best Practices 
   1C: End-User or General Public Education  
   1D: Industry Continuing Education  
 RECOMMENDATION AREA II 
   2A: Routing Registries for Securing Inter-Domain Routing  
   2B: Scalable Management and Anomaly Detection Tools  
   2C: Forensics at High Data Rates 
   2D: Scalable Vulnerability and Flow Analysis 
 RECOMMENDATION AREA III 
   3A: Empowering Internet Service Providers 
   3B: Enhancement of Online Law Enforcement
APPENDIX A: ORGANIZATIONAL RESOURCES
APPENDIX B: DOCUMENTS AND RESEARCH PAPERS