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DHS, IT Sector Identify Risks To Critical Infrastructure Functions

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Friday, August 28th, 2009

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and an industry group representing the Information Technology (IT) sector this week released a report outlining the national level risks to critical sector-wide IT functions and also identifies ways to mitigate those risks. The report lists six critical IT sector functions: produce and provide IT products and services; provide incident management capabilities; provide domain name resolution services; provide identity management and associated trust support services; provide Internet-based content, information, and communications services; and provide…

Space

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Congress

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Pentagon

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Congress

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