International Orgs and Agencies
What organization advocates for an open and accessible Internet?
The ISOC or Internet Society
What Presidential Policy Directive covers "Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience"?
PPD-21
What Presidential Policy Directive sets forth the principles governing the federal gov's response to any cyber incident and, for significant cyber incidents, establishes lead federal agencies and an architecture for coordinating the broader federal gov response?
PPD-41
What type of attack shut down the Colonial Pipeline in 2021?
Who is the starting pitcher for the Red Sox Wildcard Game 1?
Garrett Crochet
What organization advocates for online privacy, security and free speech?
The EFF or Electronic Frontier Foundation
Which Executive Order focuses on strengthening the cybersecurity of federal networks and critical infrastructure?
EO 13800
Who, in the federal gov, is responsible for "asset response"?
DHS is lead through the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC)
What is Log4j and why was the discovered vulnerability so difficult to defend/fix?
Defenders faced a particularly challenging situation; the vulnerability impacted virtually every networked organization and the severity of the threat required fast action. The fact that there is no comprehensive “customer list” for Log4j, or even a list of where it is integrated as a sub-system, hindered defender progress. Enterprises and vendors scrambled to discover where they used Log4j. The pace, pressure, and publicity compounded the defensive challenges: security researchers quickly found additional vulnerabilities in Log4j, contributing to confusion and “patching fatigue”; defenders struggled to distinguish vulnerability scanning by bona fide researchers from threat actors; and responders found it difficult to find authoritative sources of information on how to address the issues. This culminated in one of the most intensive cybersecurity community responses in history.
Who is likely to be the lead-off hitter in the Red Sox starting lineup for the postseason?
Jarren Duran
What organization covers the regions of North America, Canada and parts of the Caribbean?
How many categories of critical infrastructure does the US recognize?
16
Who in the federal gov is responsible for "threat response"?
A PRC state-sponsored malicious cyber group targeting the US and other countries' critical infrastructures and maintaining access to them.
What is the Red Sox record against the Yankees this season?
9W 4L
Which organization developed ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet?
DARPA d
In Executive Order 13636, critical infrastructure is defined how?
...systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters.
What does the National Cyber Incident Response Plan lay out?
NCIRP details the organizational roles, responsibilities, and actions to prepare for, respond to, and coordinate recovery from a significant cyber incident.
Who is DarkSide?
The now defunct Russian ransomware group that targeted Colonial Pipeline
What is Trevor Story's stolen base record for 2025?
31 for 32
What organization has taken steps to create an information hub for Allies called the Cyber Security Collaboration Hub?
The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI)
What is NIST's Cybersecurity Framework?
It is a taxonomy of high-level cybersecurity outcomes that can help any organization manage its cybersecurity risks.
What is an ISAC?
Sector-based Information Sharing and Analysis Centers collaborate via the National Council of ISACs. Formed in 2003, the NCI today comprises 28 organizations. It is a coordinating body designed to maximize information flow across the private sector critical infrastructures and with government. Critical infrastructure sectors and subsectors that do not have ISACs are invited to contact the NCI to learn how they can participate in NCI activities.
What US sector is hardest hit by ransomware?
The healthcare sector
When did the Red Sox acquire Alex Bregman from the Houston Astros and for how much?
February 13, 2025 for 120 million