Source: Ira Winkler, CSO, www.csoonline.com
For 15 years now, I have been publicly lambasting all of those people who have made their careers, or at least made fleeting news headlines, based on their declaration of an imminent Electronic Pearl Harbor. My disdain is based on several factors, but predominantly the lack of accountability for such statements. One industry analyst, for example, stated that there will be such an event by the end of 2003. Six years later, I didn’t see anyone revisit the utter lack of such an event.
However, I now see things developing to the point where there can be a strategic attack on computer infrastructures. The key word is Strategic.