How much at risk is the U.S.'s critical infrastructure? (fwd)

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http://www.csoonline.com/article/3024873/security/how-much-at-risk-is-the-uss-critical-infrastructure.html

By Taylor Armerding
CSO
Jan 21, 2016

There is universal agreement that modern warfare or crime fighting is not 
just about bullets, bombs and missiles in physical space. It’s also about 
hacking in cyber space.

But over the past decade there has been much less agreement over how much 
of a threat hackers are.

On one side are those – some of them top government officials – who have 
warned that a cyber attack on the nation’s critical infrastructure could 
be catastrophic, amounting to a “cyber Pearl Harbor.”

Those warnings prompted the recent book by retired ABC TV “Nightline” 
anchor Ted Koppel titled, “Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, 
Surviving the Aftermath.”

Other experts argue just as forcefully that while the threats are real and 
should be taken seriously, the risks are not even close to catastrophic. 
They say those who predict catastrophe are peddling FUD – fear, 
uncertainty and doubt.

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