http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224700689 By Mathew Schwartz InformationWeek May 4, 2010 If a foreign entity stalks a local technology firm or power grid, where does the responsibility lie? Given society's increasing connectivity, security experts say that the potential for devastating attacks launched via the Internet continues to rise. Intellectual property, communications infrastructure, financial systems, government services and even power networks are at risk of online attack. Accordingly, the EastWest Institute (EWI) think tank this week in Dallas gathers an expected 400 business leaders, policymakers, technology experts and national security officials from 40 different countries. The goal is to devise new, cross-border strategies for sharing information and combating shared information security challenges. By now, everyone knows the dangers of asymmetrical warfare -- surprise attacks by small, simply armed groups on modern, high-technology nations. And that's exactly what's happening online, where the low cost of attack tools and apparently limitless supply of relatively low-cost talent -- namely, hackers -- makes stealing large amounts of money relatively simple and, at least criminally speaking, cost-effective. [...] _______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books and More! Shop InfoSec News http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/Received on Tue May 04 2010 - 22:21:03 PDT
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