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Echoes Business Roundtable's Recommendations and Urges Government and Businesses to Better Detect and Respond to Cyber Disruptions ARLINGTON, Va., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA) today announced its support for the recommendations released today by Business Roundtable in a report on the nation's readiness to deal with cyber disruptions. The report, Essential Steps Toward Strengthening America's Cyber Terrorism Preparedness, demonstrates that the U.S. is ill- prepared to handle a catastrophic cyber disruption and offers constructive strategies for improvement. "The Business Roundtable report breaks the problem down to a simple statement: we are not prepared. We have seen such warnings before and they have not been heeded -- witness the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Government must make information infrastructure resiliency a higher priority," said Paul Kurtz, executive director of CSIA. "The report makes clear that information systems are essential and that a massive cyber disruption could have a cascading, long-term impact without adequate coordination between government and the private sector. The stakes are too high for continued government inaction. CSIA fully supports the findings released in this report and applauds the Roundtable's leadership." Today's report is the culmination of a year's work by top businesses led by the Roundtable, an association of 160 CEOs of the nation's leading companies. Identifying ways to harden the Internet has been one of the main priorities of the Roundtable's Security Task Force because a properly functioning Internet is essential to the continuity of the nation's economy. Last December, CSIA urged Congress and the Administration to implement 13 recommendations to help improve the privacy, reliability and integrity of information, five of which deal with the security and reliability of information infrastructure," said Kurtz. "We have seen little progress on these recommendations and today's Business Roundtable report only strengthens the argument for greater government attention to this important issue. CSIA urges government and business to heed these warnings and work together to demonstrate more leadership in protecting our nation's digital infrastructure." About the Cyber Security Industry Alliance The Cyber Security Industry Alliance is the only advocacy group dedicated exclusively to ensuring the privacy, reliability and integrity of information systems through public policy, technology, education and awareness. Led by CEOs from the world's top security providers, CSIA believes a comprehensive approach to information system security is vital to the stability of the global economy. Visit our web site at http://www.csialliance.org/. Members of the CSIA include Application Security, Inc.; CA, Inc. (NYSE:CA); Citadel Security Software Inc. (OTC:CDSS) (BULLETIN BOARD: CDSS) ; Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS); Entrust, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENTU); F-Secure Corporation (HEX:FSC1V); Fortinet, Inc.; Internet Security Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:ISSX); iPass Inc. (NASDAQ:IPAS); Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR); McAfee, Inc. (NYSE:MFE); Mirage Networks; PGP Corporation; Qualys, Inc.; RSA Security Inc. (NASDAQ:RSAS); Secure Computing Corporation (NASDAQ: SCUR); Surety, Inc.; SurfControl Plc (LSE:SRF); Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC); TechGuard Security, LLC; and Vontu, Inc. DATASOURCE: Cyber Security Industry Alliance CONTACT: Stacy Simpson of Merritt Group, +1-703-390-1528, , for Cyber Security Industry Alliance Web site: http://www.csialliance.org/

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