All - See below a solicitation for a NIST-sponsored survey to help identify investments in cyber security that would have the greatest economic impact. All individuals with knowledge of cyber security gaps from an industry perspective are welcome to participate. As an additional incentive, participants will be entered into a raffle for 1 of 10 iPad 2's. Thanks to anyone willing to participate. Feel free to email me with any questions. Brent Rowe, Study Director ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------- ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE U.S. TECHNOLOGY-BASED CYBER SECURITY GAPS - SURVEY INVITATION U.S. industries spend billions of dollars each year securing their information technology (IT) assets. Yet, these businesses still suffer significant economic losses from cyber attacks. Many organizations may not have the technical ability or capacity to identify or address attacks, while other organizations with very complex communications infrastructures may make investments only in response to attacks or breaches. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and RTI International are asking IT security managers around the world to participate in a 15-minute survey. Respondents taking the survey will help both the public and private sectors identify inadequacies in the technology-based cybersecurity infrastructure and quantify the economic benefits of these improvements in these areas. Your participation will help ensure that new investments by public agencies and private sector organizations in the cybersecurity infrastructure will be targeted at achieving the greatest economic benefit to organizations such as yours. Go now to https://cybersurvey.rti.org/. To thank you for your participation, you can enter a raffle to win 1 of 10 iPad 2s! We will notify winners by email and telephone in January 2012. For questions or comments about this survey, please contact Igor Pokryshevskiy at (415) 848-1378 (Pacific Time) or igor@rti.org. Brent R. Rowe Senior Economist Technology Economics & Policy RTI International 114 Sansome St., Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94104 (415) 848-1317 (415) 848-1330 fax