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Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2009 ↓“
U.S. government cybersecurity is an insecure mess, and fixing it is going to take considerable attention and resources…
Cybersecurity isn’t a military problem, or even a government problem — it’s a universal problem. All networks, military, government, civilian and commercial, use the same computers, the same networking hardware, the same Internet protocols and the same software packages. We all are the targets of the same attack tools and tactics. It’s not even that government targets are somehow more important; these days, most of our nation’s critical IT infrastructure is in commercial hands.
”Bruce Schneier, respected cybersecurity expert, Chief Security Technology Officer at BT writing in the WSJ - Who Should Be in Charge of Cybersecurity? - WSJ.com
Cybersecurity could be the fulcrum of our next great national crisis. A number of people are making noise about it, but the experts have not done a good job of articulating the threat in a a way that politicians or the public can understand and take action. There is great vulnerability to all kinds of business and public infrastructure - financial, transport/logistical, financial just to name a few. There is also an important national security component which has the unfortunate result that a lot of the experts and apparently much important work are done behind closed doors. Schneier is one of the few figures who understands the technical issues, the political minefields and does a good job explaining them to the public.
