[Infowarrior] - It's that time of year.....

[Richard Forno]

.... with RSA coming up in a few weeks, stand by for the latest round of cyber-mongering news articles, reports, analyses, and commentaries about Digital Pearl Harbors, cyber-terror, and related stuff.    Regardless of how true/balanced/false/sensational such items may be, you can almost set your watch by this annual phenomenon.  Welcome to February!  -- rick


Cybersecurity Disaster Seen in U.S. Survey
By Eric Engleman and Chris Strohm - Jan 31, 2012 12:00 AM ET

Companies including utilities, banks and phone carriers would have to spend almost nine times more on cybersecurity to prevent a digital Pearl Harbor from plunging millions into darkness, paralyzing the financial system or cutting communications, a Bloomberg Government study found.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-31/cybersecurity-disaster-seen-in-u-s-survey-citing-spending-gaps.html


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