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By Melanie Austria Farmer
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
April 19, 2001, 9:40 a.m. PT
A key security organization is planning to offer its warnings on
Internet security hazards to a wider audience--for a fee.
CERT Coordination Center, formerly known as the Computer Emergency
Response Team at Carnegie Mellon University, and the Electronic
Industries Alliance (EIA), an electronics industry trade organization,
on Thursday launched the Internet Security Alliance (ISA).
The new organization will deliver up-to-the-minute warnings on viruses
and security attacks to companies willing to pay anywhere from $2,500
to $70,000 annually for its service. Members will receive warnings
roughly 45 days before the information is available to the public.
Previously, CERT provided up-to-the-minute alerts of the latest
Internet security threats primarily to the federal government, which
funds the organization. With the new alliance in place, CERT, the EIA
and other members are offering real-time warnings on Net security
hazards to subscribers.
"The difference here is the ISA is open to businesses regardless of
sector," said Dave McCurdy, president of the EIA "Our mission is to
increase the awareness within corporate leadership of the risk and
help them provide the tools to manage those risks."
Founding members of the new alliance pay $70,000 annually for access
to CERT's database, which provides early warning advisories of
security attacks, along with research and other data. Annual fees for
other members will range from $2,500 to $50,000 depending on the
company's size.
The founding members of the ISA include some big corporate names,
including the Nasdaq Stock Market, Exodus Communications, VeriSign and
TRW. McCurdy said that in the near term the group will focus on
marketing efforts to enlist other businesses to support it.
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Received on Fri Apr 20 03:09 CDT 2001