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Managing Cyber Supply Chain Risks

May 15, 2013

Cyberspace has long been plagued by hackers and malware. Hackers can trace their origins to the “phone phreaks” of the 1970s, who hacked into phone systems to make free long distance calls.1 The first virus was set loose on the Internet even before it was the Internet: the Creeper virus was first detected on ARPANET, the forerunner of the Internet, in 1971.2 Early on, hackers and virus writers were more annoying than dangerous, but today they represent serious threats not only to individuals and businesses, but to entire nations and even the global economy. According to Norton, the global cybercrime industry – which is now dominated by organized, professional gangs – has already overtaken the global trade in heroin, cocaine and marijuana.3 Politically motivated hackers – “hacktivists” – have penetrated heavily fortified military and government intelligence networks. China has been implicated in systematic attacks on U.S. computer networks – from the Defense Department to Google to JP Morgan Chase. A 2008 Russian cyber assault crippled the essential electronic infrastructure of the Republic of Estonia.

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Allen Corporation of America's mission is to provide professional services and best-in-class products to both public and private sector clients. We specialize in several major technology areas, including: Logistics; Cyber Security; Technology; Training Systems; Integrated Networks; and Enterprise Management. Allen Corporation is the parent company of WetStone Technologies, an industry leader in software products (Gargoyle, LiveWire Investigator, StegoSuite, LiveDiscover, Sovereign Time, FairWitness), training, services, and research and development in the areas of advanced threat identification, steganography, trusted time-stamping, digital investigation and computer forensics.

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Managing Cyber Supply Chain Risks