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Google Attack: Prelude to More Intrusions

Published: Jan. 25, 2010, 1:55 p.m.

b'Former FBI CIO Zal Azmi, Senior Vice President, CACI International\\n\\n

Attacks from China on Google and other corporate IT infrastructures just scratch the surface in regards to infiltration into America\'s critical information systems and networks, the former chief information officer of the Federal Bureau of Investigation says.\\n\\n

"The kinds of intrusions may be just a prelude to determining some of the weak points in our national security programs related to cyber and that may become a point of exploitation for future intrusion into our systems," Zalmai Azmi, senior vice president for global strategic law enforcement and national security at the IT services firm CACI International, said in an interview with GovInfoSecurity.com.\\n\\n

In the first of a two-part interview, Azmi also addresses:\\n\\n

Employing tools and processes to improve situational awareness that could help alleviate a shortage of qualified IT security personnel.
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The need for IT organizations to pay more attention to their security-sensitive systems rather than treating all information systems equally.
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The effectiveness of the Federal Information Security Management Act.
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In the second part of the interview, Azmi discusses the use of milestones and matrixes to effectively manage agency cybersecurity initiatives.\\n\\n\\n

Azmi joined CACI in November 2008 after serving five years as CIO of the FBI where he guided the bureau through its largest-ever technology upgrade. Before joining the FBI in 2003, Azmi served as CIO for the Executive Office of the United States Attorneys, where he created the organization\'s first IT security office. A Marine veteran - he served as a communications and intelligence specialist - Azmi has been twice deployed to Afghanistan as well as detailed to an intelligence agency.\\n\\n

Azmi holds a master in information systems from George Washington University, a bachelor in IS from American University and several IT certifications including information security management and program management. \\n\\n

GovInfoSecurity.com\'s Eric Chabrow interviewed Azmi.'