Microsoft Supports National Cybersecurity Alliance
Company donates software, analyst to help prevent cybercrime.
Microsoft Corp. recently announced that it has assigned a full-time analyst and provided more than $46,000 in software to the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA), a cyber-forensics organization established by the FBI, the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and West Virginia University (WVU) to bring together academia, industry, government and law enforcement to test and investigate cybercrime tactics, help fight online threats, and prepare businesses and organizations to guard against such threats.
The analyst from Microsoft will focus on analyzing real-time data related to phishing scams, provide assistance in data analysis for CAN SPAM cases and work with the NCFTA to facilitate the timely sharing of pertinent industry case data with law enforcement. In addition, the analyst will assist in preparing and presenting training to law enforcement and industry on cybercrime investigative techniques as well as identifying new computer crime trends.
