And it will be the smart business leaders that will make the right call, for now, and for the future. When I wrote of CyberTerrorism fifteen years ago, we lived in a regulated, lower-risk environment. Little did I dream that a decade and a half later, every node on the Internet would become a potential theatre for battle. Additionally, the commission addressed in depth, the issue of the use of computers to attack the United States and her national assets. According to the unclassified media release, closer examination of the overall infrastructure protection problem also indicates that there is a major lack of awareness on the public's part in regard to the vulnerabilities of these critical systems and that many technologies that are generally reliable are often taken for granted by both business leaders and the public in general.
People flip a switch or pick up a phone and just expect it all to work.
Unless our infrastructure is protected, that may not be the case some day in the future, the report warns. Further, and also related to a lack of awareness is the need for a national focus and advocacy campaign for infrastructure protection. Both commission members and the computer industry seemingly agree that our nation's infrastructure is becoming increasing more interconnected, complex, interdependent, and mutually vulnerable to attack. Further, these measures will not prove nearly as expensive as the damage that could be caused by a relatively unsophisticated attack on any number of vital parts of our nation's infrastructure. Our analysts and many other experts, in and out of government, seem to agree on three things.