Re: Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies - WSJ.com

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
Date: April 9, 2009 7:24:23 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:    Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies  
- WSJ.com


Dave,

Everyone in the world needs to take a deep breath and calm down here  
and think.

How quickly they forget that this kind of stufff was reported /  
found / observed in the 1996 PCCIP report that kicked off the whole  
notion of "infrastructure protection" and scaring folks into creating  
the whole CIP industry.  Yet the owners/operators of 'critical'  
infrastructures[1] continued to sacrifice security/survivability for  
convenience and cost-cutting, with the obvious results.  (to competent  
infosec folks, anyway)

Bottom line?  Screw the breathless hysteria and headlines, WE ARE  
DOING THIS TO OURSELVES.

-rf

[1] If it's called/considered 'critical' than it should be treated as  
such and we should pay more than just lipservice about its importance  
to society and need for protection.






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