full-disclosure - Re: Project Chroma: A color code for the state of cyber security

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Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:16:17 -0800
From: "Some Guy Posting To Full Disclosure" <fd.leach@...glemail.com>
To: "Mike C" <mike.cartall@...il.com>
Cc: Full Disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Project Chroma: A color code for the state of
	cyber security

I'd just like to point out that Symantec has something similar.
See here: <http://www.symantec.com/security_response/threatconlearn.jsp>

It's not applied in such a useful way as you suggest - but in case you
wanted to know.

On 11/29/08, Mike C <mike.cartall@...il.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It is time to take an example from Homeland Security and define codes
> of color for cyber-warfare threat levels. I propose the following:
>
> Green level: There is negligible threat to online security.
> Yellow level : There is a minimal level of threat, and this must be
> monitored and contained.
> Orange level: This level of threat indicates there are parties who are
> actively engaging in cyber-warfare. Caution is required when online.
> Red level: This level indicates a full blown cyber-war. It indicates
> very high probability of all communications being intercepted.
>
> While homeland security's implementation does not seem to have a real
> world merit, such a threat level would certainly be very useful in the
> online security realm. Please disseminate this announcement of the
> project Chroma levels for online security. The immediate mission of
> the project is to be picked up by the antivirus and security tools
> vendors, so as to add the color codes to their products and provide
> users with a tangible measure of their online security.
>
> Current status: Threat level Yellow.
>
> --
> MC
> Security Researcher
> Lead, Project Chroma.
>
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