Finally! The U.S. makes a conscious decision to consider the digital roadways that carry the information of citizens, business, and government as a “strategic national asset”. Acknowledging the importance is certainly a step, albeit a late one, in the right direction. Let there be no mistake, it’s a difficult task to defend a nation in the modern day wild west and quite frankly, as a nation we’ve been asleep at the wheel as criminal activity runs rampant across this unprotected thoroughfare.
As if it were scripted, right after the announcement of a new White House cyber security position, a document with information about our nuclear facilities was inappropriately disclosed to the public. This provides empahsis to the sad but true statement that technology doesn’t cure dumb. Never has, never will. This is why security must be built around the triad of people, process and technology. One without the others is fairly useless.
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