InfraGard

InfraGard is a Federal Bureau of=20 Investigation (FBI) program that began in the Cleveland Field Office = in=20 1996. It was a local effort to gain support from the information = technology=20 industry and academia for the FBI=92s investigative efforts in the cyber = arena.=20 The program expanded to other FBI Field Offices, and in 1998 the FBI = assigned=20 national program responsibility for InfraGard to the former National=20 Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) and to the Cyber Division in = 2003.=20 InfraGard and the FBI have developed a relationship of trust and = credibility in=20 the exchange of information concerning various terrorism, intelligence,=20 criminal, and security matters. Learn More

Special Interest Groups (SIG)

The InfraGard Program is pleased to announce the creation of Special = Interest=20 Groups (SIG). SIGs are resources dedicated to the safeguarding of = specific=20 critical infrastructures of both private industry and government through = information-sharing networks and a private secure portal of = communication. =20 Currently, the Research Technology Protection InfraGard, Chemical = InfraGard and=20 Food-Agriculture InfraGard SIGs are available to all InfraGard members = who have=20 an affiliation with the respective sector. For more information on = the=20 SIGs, join the = InfraGard=20 Program.

What's New?

FBI Releases Annual Report on Crime in = the U.S.=20

The latest Crime in the United States providing = local, state,=20 regional, and national stats for 2006 is now available on the FBI = website, and=20 we invite you to delve in. The report includes 81 tables in all, = providing=20 in-depth information on offenses, arrests, and police = personnel. Click=20 here to see the full report
The 2007 National Cyber Security Awareness Summit=20
October 1, 2007

National Cyber Security Awareness Summit - = The=20 National Cyber Security Division will join with the Federal Trade = Commission=20 and the National Cyber Security Alliance to kickoff National Cyber = Security=20 Awareness Month by hosting a cyber security awareness summit to = examine ways=20 to develop an actionable, sustained national awareness campaign and = prevention=20 program to inform Federal, State, and local government, educational=20 institutions, small businesses, and home users of cyber security=20 risks.
Secure Flight / Advance Passenger = Information=20 System Announcement - Posted 8/13/07
The U.S. Department = of=20 Homeland Security (DHS) announced today steps that will strengthen = aviation=20 security through uniform and consistent passenger prescreening against = government watch lists.
- DHS Announces Predeparture Screening Of = International=20 Passengers And First Step Toward Secure Flight - Press = Release
- Advance Passenger Information System Pre-Departure = Final Rule=20 & Secure Flight Notice of Proposed Rule Making
- Secure Flight Fact Sheet
- Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) Fact = Sheet=20

InfraGard In the News

= The=20 FBI Wants You
May 13, 2007
Source: American Farm Bureau Federation

= FBI=20 issues wireless security warning
May 11, 2007
Source: Network=20 World

= Cybercrime=20 update: Is organized crime moving into cybersphere?
May 10,=20 2007
Source: Network World

Cybersecurity=20 Event Brings Together IT Pros, Law Enforcement
May, 2007 =
Source: wtoctv.com

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