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DHS Cyber Chief Outlines Phased Plan For Cybersecurity Upgrades

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Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

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By Calvin Biesecker Over the next several years the Department of Homeland Security will be rolling out improvements to the federal government's primary cyber intrusion detection system, called Einstein, with upgrades being made in parallel with one another rather than sequentially, the acting chief for cybersecurity at the department said yesterday. In the past six months DHS has been defining the requirements, identifying capability gaps and establishing its acquisition plans for cyber security, Rear Adm. Mike Brown, acting assistant secretary,…

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