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CIO Magazine, FBI and Secret Service Announce New Cyberthreat Reporting Guidelines for Businesses
 The CIO
Cyberthreat Response & Reporting Guidelines provide step-by-step information on how businesses should plan and respond to attacks on the information systems, including worms, viruses,
hacks and other breaches. The guidelines advise CIOs and business leaders to establish a relationship with law enforcement today, before their next attack happens. The document
also provides suggested points of contact, as well as an easy-to-follow report form detailing the initial information law enforcement needs
to investigate
The FBI and USSS share federal jurisdiction for investigating and prosecuting cybercrime across state lines. Law enforcement's ability to identify
coordinated efforts by cybercriminals is directly tied to the amount of reporting that takes place. Historically, reported cyberattacks are those of great magnitude such as the Code Red virus.
"The Secret Service continues to believe that prevention coupled with aggressive proactive investigations provide the best outcome when attacking cybercrime. This
cannot be accomplished without the partnerships that have been established with industry, other law enforcement agencies, and in this case, the media. In
fact with today's technology and the sophisticated nature of electronic crime, law enforcement will lose the battle and the war without sharing information and resources,"says Bruce Townsend,
Special Agent in Charge, Financial Crimes Division, Secret Service.
Townsend adds, "in October, the Secret Service received authorization to set up Electronic Crimes Task Forces around the country. These now
published reporting guidelines will allow industry professionals to take full advantage of these task forces and the collective expertise
of federal, state and local law enforcement that these task forces create."
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