Info Risk Today Podcast

Matt Coose Director, Federal Network Security National Cybersecurity Division Department of Homeland Security As director of federal network security at the Department of Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity Division, Matt Coose is helping shepherd the Trusted Internet Connection initiative, which aims to reduce the number of connections linking executive branch IT networks to the Internet to 100 or fewer from thousands upon thousands. The basic concept behind TIC, initiated in 2007 by the Bush administration, is that by drastically reducing the number of access points, the government could more easily monitor and identify potentially malicious traffic. In the interview, Coose: Reveals the number of TIC and non-TIC connections that now exist. Explains the shift in TIC strategy by the Obama administration. Discusses the architecting of TIC 2.0 to include the Einstein 2 intrusion detection system. Coose, a West Point graduate and former Army captain, was interviewed by GovInfoSecurity.com's Eric Chab