Re: Government Not Ready for Cyberattacks

[InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>]

Forwarded from: Drew Williams <drew928s () yahoo com>

Well, here we are once again OVERstating the obvious. I can't decide
whether the media is just bored, and continues to rewrite the same
stupid, non-informing information, or whether these "government
agencies" are as clueless as they appear.

I think this is just another case of people who refuse to take action
where they can't see risk. It's sort of like people who live in states
where car insurance is still an option. Until it's mid-January, and
they see the five-car pileup on the side of the road, they figure
they're invincible from something as silly as "winter."

These agencies feign "worry," until there is actual
evidence of risk (i.e., "damage").


--- InfoSec News <isn () c4i org> wrote:
> Forwarded from: Bob <bob () globaldevelopment org>
>
> Long, long ago, I noticed that institutions, public or private,
> rarely ever prepare for a disaster until after being clobbered by
> one.  So what's new?
>
> Bob Adams
> http://www.globaldisaster.org
>
>
> Government Not Ready for Cyberattacks
> June 26, 2002
> Internet News
>
> http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/print.php/1377081
>
> The U.S. government is due for a "major" cyberattack within the next
> 12 months and is unprepared to counter the threat, according to
> report released Tuesday evening by the Business Software Alliance
> (BSA).
>
> This time, it isn't the relatively uninformed opinion of the general
> public indicating worry over the security of government information,
> as a December 2001 poll revealed, but IT professionals in the
> business world -- the individuals who protect sensitive information
> on a daily basis.
>
> The poll was conducted after Congress issued a failing grade to
> federal computer security efforts in November 2001.



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