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Published on: 11/15/2006
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Andrew G. Arena is special agent in charge of the FBI's criminal division in New York, Matt Heron is assistant special agent in charge of the transnational criminal enterprise branch in New York, and Timothy O'Brien is a special agent with the computer crimes squad in the New York office.
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ARENA: We're trying to build a relationship with the private sector where they will trust us, where they will be comfortable coming to us if there is an intrusion.
What's on the minds of CIOs you've met?
ARENA: Right now, the concern is, What is the FBI going to do?
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ARENA: A lot of it was, "This is what we're seeing.... We're getting pinged from locations in the old Soviet bloc, the Philippines."
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ARENA: Cybercrime is the No. 3 overall priority at the FBI, behind counterterrorism and counterintelligence.
What happened to organized crime?
ARENA: It's still there.
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ARENA: I would call it organized groups.
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ARENA: One of the most common ones we've seen is the disgruntled employee who is no longer in the company but is able to gain access because their access to the network wasn't shut down in a timely fashion.
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ARENA: You've got to put the time, the money, the effort into not only setting up your security system but [also] in updating it.