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Tenet suggests limiting the Internet to approved users.
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 14:06:06 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: "Trei, Peter" <ptrei () rsasecurity com> Date: December 3, 2004 11:25:55 AM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: Tenet suggests limiting the Internet to approved users. For IP, if you wish Choice snippets: "Access to networks like the World Wide Web might need to be limited to those who can show they take security seriously, he said." 'The national press, including United Press International (UPI), wereexcluded from yesterday's event, at Mr. Tenet's request, organizers said.'
Peter Trei -------<http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20041201 -114750-6381r>
The Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com Tenet calls for Internet security By Shaun Waterman UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Published December 2, 2004 Former CIA Director George J. Tenet yesterday called for new security measures to guard against attacks on the United States that use the Internet, which he called "a potential Achilles' heel.""I know that these actions will be controversial in this age when we
still think the Internet is a free and open society with no control oraccountability," he told an information-technology security conference in Washington, "but ultimately the Wild West must give way to governance and
control." The former CIA director said telecommunications -- and specificallythe Internet -- are a back door through which terrorists and other enemies
of the United States could attack the country, even though great strides have been made in securing the physical infrastructure.The Internet "represents a potential Achilles' heel for our financial
stability and physical security if the networks we are creating are not protected," Mr. Tenet said.He said known adversaries, including "intelligence services, military
organizations and non-state actors," are researching information attacks against the United States.Within the federal government, the Department of Homeland Security has
the lead role in protecting the Internet from terrorism. But thedepartment's head of cyber-security recently quit amid reports that he had
clashed with his superiors. Mr. Tenet, who retired in July as director of the CIA after sevenyears, warned that al Qaeda remains a sophisticated group, even though its
first-tier leadership largely has been destroyed. It is "undoubtedly mapping vulnerabilities and weaknesses in our telecommunications networks," he said.Mr. Tenet pointed out that the modernization of key industries in the
United States is making them more vulnerable by connecting them with an Internet that is open to attack.The way the Internet was built might be part of the problem, he said.
Its open architecture allows Web surfing, but that openness makes the system vulnerable, Mr. Tenet said.Access to networks like the World Wide Web might need to be limited to
those who can show they take security seriously, he said. Mr. Tenet called for industry to lead the way by "establishing andenforcing" security standards. Products need to be delivered to government
and private-sector customers "with a new level of security and risk management already built in."The national press, including United Press International (UPI), were excluded from yesterday's event, at Mr. Tenet's request, organizers said.
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