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ments can put together details from mul- tiple crimes and find patterns using a data warehouse analysis. NETWORKING New York State is reaching beyond its borders for help in detecting patterns of ter- rorist or criminal behavior. The state has created an Information Sharing and Analy- sis Center, or ISAC, a way to share and analyze information and give timely warn- ings of cyber or physical attacks to 13 par- ticipating states. If, for instance, Florida employees were to see a virus on their net- works, they would immediately alert the other members about what they were expe- riencing, using 24/7 contact information that has been gathered for the purpose. If similar problems were happening in, say, three other states, they'd know what they were seeing was not an isolated incident but a widespread problem. It is not particularly the habit of IT staff to spread the word about their networks being infiltrated. The first reaction often has been to keep it quiet and work to get it fixed before anyone knows about it. "Sharing information about being breached was so difficult before," says Will Pelgrin, director of New York's Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination. "A staff person who found it was always trying to correct it before the boss ever learned about it." However, in these times of purposeful attacks, officials are stressing that sharing information is important and that it's best for others to know what was vulnerable so that every- one else is less vulnerable. The state did what it considered a suc- cessful practice run of its procedures on President's Day weekend in February. All states checked in about what they were seeing on their networks, which happened to be nothing damaging on those days. But like a fire drill, the states got to make a dry run of what they'd do if they were seeing a cyber attack. "I can't just protect my own network," says Pelgrin, who hopes eventually all 50 states will join the ISAC. "There are too many dependencies with other agencies. It has to be a collabora- tive effort." The Washington, D.C., area knows about collaboration. Long before 9/11, Maryland, Virginia and District of Colum- bia first responders found themselves hav- ing to communicate during several har- rowing situations. Most of the time, that communication was fragmented. In 1999, the region began working on the Capital Wireless Integrated Network or CapWIN project, a wireless interoperability project that is using the resources of three states, several local governments and the Treasury Management Services from Fidelity High~uality rvloney Market Funds Arbitrage Future Value Calculations Dedicated Client Services For more complete information about Fidelity mutual funds, including fee~ and expenses, call or write Fidelity for {ree prospectuses. Read them carefully before you mve~ or send money. Fidelity Investments Tax-Exem~t Services Company A division of Fidelity Investments Insbtutional Services Company, Inc, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109 335874 1.783020.100 It is mandatory. In the midst of a multimillion-dollar project, the IRS should be the furthest thing from your mind. Which is why, when investing bond proceeds, you should consider Treasury Management Services from Fidelity. Of course you get a choice of high-quality money market funds to invest in. But at Fidelity, we also help you keep track of your potential arbitrage liability by providing future value calculations on your bond proceeds investments in Fidelity money market funds. It's an easier way to stay on top of this important financial obligation. Not to mention a very responsible move. For details, call us at 1-866-733-1265. I FIDE LITY. COM/GOTO/TR EAS URY Fl~lelity t~I~ May 2003 GOVE R N lNG 29