Return-Path: <sentto-279987-5037-1027567451-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 24 Jul 2002 20:30:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 2513 invoked by uid 510); 25 Jul 2002 03:23:17 -0000 Received: from n1.grp.scd.yahoo.com (66.218.66.64) by all.net with SMTP; 25 Jul 2002 03:23:17 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-5037-1027567451-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.98] by n1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 25 Jul 2002 03:24:11 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_7_4); 25 Jul 2002 03:24:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 61304 invoked from network); 25 Jul 2002 03:24:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m15.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 25 Jul 2002 03:24:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.72.152) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 25 Jul 2002 03:24:11 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g6P3QCL29196 for iwar@onelist.com; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 20:26:12 -0700 Message-Id: <200207250326.g6P3QCL29196@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 20:26:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [iwar] Cyberbomb's ready to go off (fwd) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.2 required=5.0 tests=RISK_FREE,FREE_MONEY,DIFFERENT_REPLY_TO version=2.20 X-Spam-Level: *** Tech pros: Cyberbomb's ready to go off By Robert Lemos Staff Writer, CNET News.com July 24, 2002, 3:45 PM PT Almost half of information technology professionals believe there will be a= major Internet attack on U.S. businesses in the next year, an event for= which they believe corporations are unprepared, according to a survey= released Wednesday. The Business Software Alliance's survey found that 47 percent of corporate= network administrators believe that U.S. businesses will be attacked in= the next year, compared with 19 percent who believe that such an attack= would not occur. Moreover, only 19 percent believe their company was ready= for such an attack, while 45 percent thought their company was unprepared.= "The results are not encouraging," said Robert Holleyman, president and CEO= of the BSA. "This substantially involves more than intrusions into Web= sites." It's the second survey in two months to conclude that there were network= vulnerabilities. A study published by the software business lobbying group= last month indicated that IT pros believed government computers were at= risk as well. Together, the reports form a core part of a BSA initiative= supporting the passage of legislation to create, among other things, the= Department of Homeland Security proposed by President Bush and an= exemption from the Freedom of Information Act for companies that report= intrusions. "There needs to be incentives for businesses to release information about= intrusions," he said, adding that the BSA supports the FOIA language in a= House bill. "I think companies want to do the right thing." About two-thirds of the IT professionals said they believed that businesses= risk a major cyberattack in the future, and more than half said that= danger has increased since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. U.S. Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce= Committee and a vocal supporter of the Department of Homeland Security,= said that legislators have only recently become aware of the dangers of= computer attacks. "Thanks for scaring us with this; we need to be more sensitive," he said. The newest survey, which polled more than 600 information technology= professionals and 1,000 American adults, found that two-thirds of IT pros= said there was a gap between the reality of an attack and companies'= ability to defend. "This is absolutely critical," Holleyman said. "Cybersecurity needs to be a= top priority." Tauzin said the report was timely because of a vote that is scheduled in= the House of Representatives on Department of Homeland Security. "This report is a wake-up call to the private sector," Tauzin said. "They= have as much to worry about as the public sector." Source: http://news.com.com/2100-1001-946161.html ------------------------ Yahoo! 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