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DHS Plans On Cyber Intrusion Detection Program IOC This Month

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Thursday, June 18th, 2009

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By Calvin Biesecker Deployment of a new system at five select government agencies that will detect cyber intrusions on federal information technology networks is complete and at some point this month is expected to achieve initial operating capability (IOC), a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official said on Tuesday. The Einstein 2.0 system has already achieved IOC at DHS and will do the same at the other agencies once ongoing legal reviews are completed, Peter Fonash, acting director of the…

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