Command Post: "How Vulnerable Is Our Infrastructure to Cyber Attack?"
Source: TIME.com's Battleland Blog
Journalist: Mark Thompson
CNAS Authors: Dr. John A. Nagl, Dr. Kristin M. Lord
Original Post: How Vulnerable Is Our Infrastructure to Cyber Attack?
Type: CNAS Commentary
Topic(s): Regional Security Challenges, Terrorism, Irregular Warfare and Crime, U.S. Military Forces & Operations, U.S. National Security and Defense Policy
Project(s): Contested Commons, Cyber Security, Terrorism, Irregular Warfare and Crime, U.S. Military Forces and Operations
People: Dr. Kristin M. Lord, Dr. John A. Nagl
Journalist: Mark Thompson
CNAS Authors: Dr. John A. Nagl, Dr. Kristin M. Lord
Original Post: How Vulnerable Is Our Infrastructure to Cyber Attack?
Type: CNAS Commentary
August 24, 2011 — The folks who get paid to stay up at night worrying about cyber-security are always telling us that our basic infrastructure -- the online computer networks that run our water, electricity, banking and other vital systems -- are big fat targets just waiting to be taken down by skilled hackers. Well, it hasn't happened yet. Are we just lucky -- or just whistling past the graveyard? John Nagl, of the Center for a New American Security, and your Battleland scribe ruminate on the topic with James Lewis, a cyber-security expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Kristin Lord, a security analyst who just wrapped up work on a major CNAS study into the topic.
Related:Topic(s): Regional Security Challenges, Terrorism, Irregular Warfare and Crime, U.S. Military Forces & Operations, U.S. National Security and Defense Policy
Project(s): Contested Commons, Cyber Security, Terrorism, Irregular Warfare and Crime, U.S. Military Forces and Operations
People: Dr. Kristin M. Lord, Dr. John A. Nagl
