| Tenet calls for Internet security
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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 or accountability," 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 specifically the 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.
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Mr. Tenet called for industry to lead the way by "establishing and enforcing" 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 Internet is a world of Anarchy. We will require a catastrophe to get people motivated. It is coming. They truly have been preparing for years. Sadistic hack rings are bigger and more powerful than most people realize. The biggest attacks in the last few years have just been mere samples of test runs. When attacks are coordinated at just the right moment, it's going to create a communications blackout of unprecedented proportions - and it won't just affect access to eBay. These guys can hack telephony equipment, satellite broadcast systems, banking systems (hell, banks are among the easiest!)
"DANGER" is posted at every corner, but most pedestrians simply don't see the signs and keep on walking right by. | |
