Re: Cyber terrorism is 'fantasy'

[InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>]

Forwarded from: Jonathan Rickman <jonathan () xcorps net>

> Tom Clancy did, only the target was the Capitol.  The naive
> position is to assume the target is the system infected with the
> virus, rather than the uncertainty it creates and the money
> diverted to defend against it.  It wasn't the bombs themselves
> that caused the downfall of the Soviets, but the threat of their
> use that did it.  One has to step back and see the forest, not
> just the trees or the twigs.

I think this is definately off topic now but I must jump in.

The threat of bombs had nothing to do with the fall of the Soviet
Union. The failure of Socialism had everything to do with it. The
threat of a virus/cyber attack has been blown way out of proportion.
Certainly, extra precautions are called for...but I can't envision the
collapse of Western society stemming from a cyber attack. All too
often we (as technology pros) make the mistake of assuming that the
world revolves around the Internet. Western society managed to
flourish for over 200 years without the Internet.

-- 
Jonathan Rickman
X Corps Security
http://www.xcorps.net



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