Former cybersecurity czar Clarke says smartphones, digital certificates create huge security problems

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/091911-clarke-cybersecurity-251014.html

By Ellen Messmer
Network World
September 19, 2011

Former White House cybersecurity adviser Richard Clarke, author of the 
book "Cyber War," served 19 years in the Pentagon, intelligence 
community and State Department. At the firm he founded, Good Harbor 
Consulting, he advises clients on security risk management; is an on-air 
consultant for ABC News; and also teaches at Harvard's Kennedy School of 
Government.

Speaking with Network World Senior Editor Ellen Messmer, Clarke shares 
his thoughts on the hactivist group Anonymous, why we shouldn't trust 
SSL certificates, and more.

I think of them more positively than most people, though I can't endorse 
their breaking the law. They're not trying to steal intellectual 
property to give it to the competition -- a lot of what is going on in 
the world is about that. But a lot of what [Anonymous is] doing is 
highlighting vulnerabilities we see in the enterprise. I'd just like to 
see this done legally. I'm not condoning law-breaking.

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