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Subject: [ISN] Meet the FBI's new top cyber cop
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2010-06-30 5:24:40
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http://fcw.com/articles/2010/06/28/feat-qanda-gordon-snow-fbi.aspx
By Ben Bain
FCW.com
June 23, 2010
As the FBI's top cyber cop, Gordon Snow is on the front lines of federal
efforts to thwart cyber crime, espionage and potential online terrorist
activity.
Snow, who took over as FBI assistant director in charge of the bureau's
Cyber Division earlier this year, served in the Marine Corps for more
than 10 years and has a master's degree in business administration and
law degree. He has held bureau posts in Silicon Valley, Detroit and
Afghanistan, which would seem to be the ideal background for someone in
his position. In addition, he recently helped draft the government's
Cyber Counterintelligence Plan while detailed to the Office of the
Director of National Intelligence, and he has directed the bureau.s
National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force.
But even for someone as prepared as Snow, leading the Cyber Division has
to be a challenge. In 2009, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center
Web site received 336,655 submissions. And cyber crime poses special
challenges for law enforcement because online perpetrators can use
various technologies to hide their identities. The problem is also
inherently international, as indicated by the cyber intrusion agents
that the FBI has stationed in foreign countries to work side by side
with computer investigators.
Snow recently met with Federal Computer Week staff writer Ben Bain to
talk about the challenges of cyber counterintelligence and the FBI's
role in federal cybersecurity efforts. The following excerpt has been
edited for length and clarity.
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