A new alliance has been created to organize and regulate information sharing on security protection and develop industry standards.
According to CNET, The Industry Connections Security Group is under the jurisdiction of the IEEE Standards association. It is founded and composed of big name software security companies such as Microsoft, Sophos, AVG Technologies, McAfee, Symantec, and Trend Micro.
The article goes on to say that the VP of Sophos Labs said the alliance is built upon the traditional practice of virus sampling sharing, but has taken on a new degree of organization and efficiency.
Malware has become an increasing problem for computer users, as well as security software designers. Malware has evolved into very dangerous and difficult to detect form of transmitting computer viruses. With so much information consistently transferred over internet connections, the industry of virally preying on PC users via Malware has become extremely lucrative and attracted many technical minds to the dark side of computing.
According to a July 20 presentation document, the newly created ICSG said it aims to improve the efficiency of the collection and processing of the millions of malware file samples handled by security vendors each month by focusing on an XML-based meta data sharing standard. The standard is expected to undergo ratification by the end of this month.
The group went on to say its focus is on setting up the infrastructure and protocols to allow rapid information sharing on threats and making the day-to-day operation of the members more efficient.
The alliance is another step in the ongoing battle previously documented here on our blog. Be sure to check in for all the latest updates on the ICSG’s battle against the ever impending threat of malware.
Joe Carretta
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