New York City Launches a Cyberdefense Center in Manhattan

Infrastructure cyberattacks are quickly becoming a significant problem in the US, and New York City is opening a facility that could help fend off those potentially dangerous hacks. From a report: The Wall Street Journal reports that NYC has launched a long-in-the-making Cyber Critical Services and Infrastructure (CCSI) operations center in Manhattan to defend against major cyberattacks. The initiative's members are a mix of public and private sector organizations that include Amazon, the Federal Reserve Bank, IBM, the New York Police Department and multiple healthcare providers. If a cyberattack hits, they'll ideally cooperate closely to both overcome the attack and muster a city response if the digital offensive hobbles NYC's infrastructure. Politicians first floated the idea in 2017, but CCSI has been a strictly virtual initiative until now.

Sounds like...

[Type44Q]

Sounds like more surfaces to attack.

Dual Typing?

[chill]

But will it allow more than one person to type on the keyboard at once? Inquiring minds want to know.

Firing back-Trek style.

[Ostracus]

Will this cybercenter have high voltage lines running to the internet so we can have the enemy computers exploding like a Star Trek bridge console?

Re: Firing back-Trek style.

[Type44Q]

Electricity?? That's what the Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics are for.

Re:

[dsgrntlxmply]

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea had cheesier and more frequent panel explosions.

Good idea in central NY?

[be_kul]

How big would a EMP weapon have to be to bring it close to this "Cyber Security Center"? Would it fit on a truck? I.e., easy to hide in NYC, right? Sounds like a really good idea, doesn't it?

Re:

[eliphalet]

I hope it's better protected than Giuliani's pre-9/11 disaster HQ at the World Trade Center.

I feel safer already ..

[takionya]

I feel safer already ..