James Lewis, Director and Senior Fellow, Technology and Public Policy Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, testified on behalf of the Center for Strategic and International Studies that `the United States is not organized and lacks a coherent national strategy for addressing’ cybersecurity. Photo from SOVASEC.From Boston.com:
IF PHILOSOPHER Thomas Hobbes lived today, he would say man's cyber-life is nasty, brutish, and if you are not careful, short. The world of cyber-crime, cyber-terrorism, and cyber-warfare is truly a wild, unruly, and ungoverned place.
In 2008, the US government reported almost 5,500 attacks and penetrations into its systems; the numbers in 2009 will be higher. Estonia and Georgia suffered cyber-blitzkriegs. The private sector lost an estimated $1 trillion globally to attacks in 2008, according to computer security company McAfee.
In short, we are in bloody, digital trench warfare. Industry and governments struggle to build technical defenses against anarchists, criminals, competitors, spies, and terrorists. Moreover, attackers routinely go through many countries before hitting their target, so distinctions such as "domestic" or "international" are meaningless. Many say a cyber world war has begun.
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My Comment: Because my professional background is in computer networks (since the 1980s) .... I have had my share of cyber attacks and outsiders infiltrating systems that were under my responsibility. My worse case was the loss of a considerable amount of personal information a few years back, an event that still makes me upset and angry.
I have been fighting in the trenches for the past two decades .... and I feel that I am losing. There is a war out there, and it has been going on for a very long time.