Security experts warn that strikeback systems, taken too far, could pose serious legal and technical problems. For example, the strikeback user must be sure the attack is targeted at the correct system, or face the litigious consequences. In many cases, you can't be completely sure of who's attacking. The ISBN is 1575212684. The report recommends the establishment of private sector-organised groups that would evaluate and endorse information security standards in various industries, coupled with increased government support for such efforts and the development of a national security policy for the Information Revolution.
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A USIA computer specialist said security for the site would be beefed up. We simply can't have this happening every six months. People rely on us. Last May, at the Naval Academy commencement, I said terrorist and outlaw states are extending the world's fields of battle, from physical space to Cyberspace. More and more, these critical systems are driven by, and linked together with, computers, making them more vulnerable to disruption.