And the more difficult issue is that, heretofore, these crimes have been conducted by individuals, rather than organized groups, such as terrorist organizations, or even rogue elements of terrorist states. Security issues on the Internet, both to individuals and corporations, will take time to resolve in legislation that lags behind the rapid pace of technology. The bigger picture The early moments of the war in Iraq were not fought with physical missiles, but instead with an attack on the computer network supporting Iraqi air defenses. Today, the assets of any sovereign nation may be only as good as the computer infrastructure that supports it. Personal issues of anonymity really are about privacy, eCommerce infrastructure is the same as a physical premises business, and the foundation of society, our security based on infrastructure, will soon be as strong as the IT infrastructure that supports our digital and networked economy.
Internet security affects all of what is digital commerce.
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