This editorial was written shortly after the Distributed Denial of Service attacks in 2000. It describes the emerging issue of legal liability associated with poor security practices. In 2002, we actually have courts taking action in this critical area. While I think due diligence will be a key motivator for information security, the fact that [...]
The following are unproofed, unedited speaking notes from my presentation at InfoWarCon II in Montreal, Canada on January 18-19, 1995. It is interesting to read them today and see how little has changed.
In February, we saw an unprecedented salvo of denial-of-service attacks against major e-commerce sites, including Yahoo Inc., EBay Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. These attacks have cost millions of dollars in lost revenue, not to mention the intangible impact on customer confidence. In fact, one estimate is that the cumulative damages may total as much as [...]
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