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The New Homeland Security: Challenges for a Great Nation

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Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross

Abstract

This article reiterates the importance of homeland security in light of the events of September 11th and the necessity to integrate information technology security into enterprise security. Now, more than ever, the challenges of homeland security require a true partnership between government and industry-from conducting cutting edge research and development in information technology security to developing voluntary information technology security standards, testing programs and best practices for our information systems and networks.
Citation
Government Computer News

Keywords

Homeland security, information technology security

Citation

Ross, R. (2002), The New Homeland Security: Challenges for a Great Nation, Government Computer News, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=151251 (Accessed December 26, 2024)

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Created January 9, 2002, Updated February 17, 2017