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New Jersey CTO Details Work on Intrusion Detection System

The system could be linked to a federal system.

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. -- Steve Dawson, New Jersey's CTO, told attendees of the Information Technology Exposition Conference (ITEC) Regional Technology Conference of the New Jersey Office of Information Technology's work of implementing an electronic-intrusion-detection system.

"The state is working to develop a comprehensive intrusion detection system that would assist in the identification of hacker or terrorist activity," Dawson said. "The events generated by our IDS system could be passed along to a federal system, maintained by the National Office of Homeland Security, so all states can be alerted when cyber attacks are identified in New Jersey."

In this way, he said, New Jersey would also be alerted when other states or the federal government sees suspicious activity.

Dawson also spoke of the work of a Rutgers University pilot program that will test the appropriate mechanics and packaging of GIS information to police, fire and ambulance personnel via mobile devices. The university is developing methods to use GIS to deliver such information as emergency exits in buildings to first responders.

Pennsylvania's CIO Charles Gerhards; Philadelphia's CIO, Dianah Neff; Dr. Alicia Clay, program manager and encryption expert of the National Institute of Standards and Technology; Gerry Wilson, CIO of RSA Security; and Dawson all took part in a panel discussion of how to appropriately manage and transmit data to a wide range of public safety agencies.