But Jim Lewis, a cybersecurity-focused researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, (CSIS) says he has little doubt that North Korea has developed a cyber espionage program that puts it around the "second tier" of countries in terms of international espionage competence.
But China has one of the best-funded militaries in the world, which includes a cyber-espionage program that is racking up bigger and bigger victories.
Using this data, Benjamin C. M. Fung, who specializes in data mining, and Mourad Debbabi, a cyber-forensics expert, collaborated on a program that can look at an anonymous e-mail message and predict who wrote it out of a pool of known authors, with an accuracy of 80 to 90 percent.
To that end, Obama's State of the Union speech will include new proposals aimed at beefing up the nation's cyber protections, including a federal program that would encourage private companies to share information about threats with federal agencies.
For one, companies ought to carry proper insurance against these risks, which would include a fidelity or crime policy, as well as a stand-alone cyber insurance program that incorporates social engineering or ransomware as a covered peril.
The Proposed Regulations require that companies establish a comprehensive cybersecurity program that appropriately identifies cyber risks and documents the types of nonpublic information the company stores, together with how it protects that information.
JVP also runs an incubator program that focuses on cyber-security startups.
IT WAS not the crippling cyber-terrorist attack that doomsayers have long predicted, but the "SQL Slammer" worm, a rogue program that rippled across the internet on January 25th, still managed to disrupt computers around the world.
It is a conscious decision by these governments that a proactive cyber program advances their goals while limiting the United States.
To address this chronic issue (particularly in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, which his team has also played a role in addressing through the NJ Small Business Development Center), his company recently published a How To Guide on Cyber Security for the NYC program that is available to all.
