[FYI] (Fwd) FC: Defense hawks bash White House report, want new laws

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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Date sent:      	Wed, 18 Sep 2002 16:12:24 -0700
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From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject:        	FC: Defense hawks bash White House report, want new laws,
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The White House has released its "cybersecurity" report:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/cyberstrategy-draft.pdf

Following is one reaction.

-Declan

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http://news.com.com/2100-1023-956353.html

The Center for Strategic and International Studies, a hawkish think
tank in Washington with close ties to the military, called the report
flawed because it did not demand new laws or regulations aimed at
Internet companies. CSIS is headed by John Hamre, defense secretary
under President Clinton, who spent years warning of "the future
electronic Pearl Harbor that might happen to the United States" if
extreme measures were not taken.

"Cybersecurity is too tough a problem for a solely voluntary approach
to fix," said James Lewis, director of the CSIS Council on Technology
and Public Policy. "Companies will only change their behavior when
there are both market forces and legislation that cover security
failures. Until the U.S. has more than just voluntary solutions, we'll
continue to see slow progress in improving cybersecurity."

CSIS analyst Arnaud de Borchgrave, a former editor-in-chief of the
Washington Times and United Press International, warned that a
"cyberattack" was just around the corner.

"It is later than we think. The next generation of transnational
terrorists understands that a hand on a mouse can be more lethal than
a finger on the trigger," said de Borchgrave, who co-authored a report
that concluded: "Cyberattacks now arise whenever disputes occur
anywhere in the world...Can cyberterrorism and cyberwar be far
behind?"




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