Help Wanted: Cybercrime High On FBI Priority List
A TechWeb News article by K.C. Jones, via InformationWeek, reports that:
The FBI places cyber attacks among its top three priorities, said Mark Mershon, assistant director in charge of the New York City field office.More here.
In fact, prevention is so important the crime-fighting agency will negotiate its normally strict employment standards for those with cyber backgrounds, he said.
Mershon gave a keynote address at the International Security Conference and Exposition (ISC) East and InfoSecurity 2006, which were held jointly Tuesday at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City.
Behind terrorism and corporate espionage, cyber crime is high on the list of problems the FBI focuses on. Mershon said that although he considers cyber crime a relatively new means of carrying out traditional crimes, he said it requires different skill sets to investigate.
posted by Fergie @ 10/25/2006 11:10:00 AM
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