[nsp-sec] Major ISPs can remove botnets, malware, CISO says

[Chris Morrow]

Barry Raveendran Greene wrote:
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> I'll see if he is open to a meeting the next time I'm in DC. It would be
> worth it to more constructively plug TATA into the operational a security
> community.

I thought they had 2 folks on nsp-sec... I'm fairly sure I've talked
with adam in the past :(

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>> bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Hank Nussbacher
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:13 PM
>> To: nsp-security at puck.nether.net
>> Subject: [nsp-sec] Major ISPs can remove botnets, malware, CISO says
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>> http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/interview/0,289202,sid14_gci1
>> 456728,00.html
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>> A few gems from this interview:
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>> "Internet service providers have the ability to wipe nearly all
>> malicious activity in their network without stepping on individual
>> privacy and civil liberties, said Adam Rice, chief security officer at
>> Mumbai-based Tata Communications Ltd., India's largest ISP"
>>
>> "Q: Is there information sharing among the telecommunications providers
>> in which you can share data on possible threats and the risks they pose
>> on a regular basis?
>>
>> A: ...As a matter of formal information sharing between us and other
>> ISPs, we don't. There isn't a round-table or forum -- either formal or
>> informal
>> -- to share timely threat information."
>>
>> "Q: Would a formal information sharing process be helpful or be
>> inadequate for obvious business and competitive reasons?
>>
>> Rice: I would suspect that like myself, the other ISPs really don't
>> have a lot to share, when it comes to threats that are in that category
>> to national security. We don't have an intelligence service like the
>> federal government."
>>
>> -Hank
>>
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