Those who are interested in Electromagnetic terrorism possibilities should read "Information Warfare: battles in cyberspace" by Richard E Overill in the IEE Computing and Control Engineering Journal,June 2001, pages 125-128. He also covers threats from hackers.
Richard is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at Kings College London, where he collaborates in the research and consultancy work of the International Centre for Security Analysis (ICSA). His article concludes: "The threats to, vulnerabilities of, and impacts on critical national infrastructures (CNI) are real and capable of assessment, although in practice this is a complex and challenging task, the more so since information warfare possesses several characteristics of that are not shared by conventional warfare: it is global (there are no borders); it is precise (surgical strikes are possible); it is un-proportionate (the cost of attack is much less than the cost of defence). Some of the accounts of information warfare carried by the media have been exaggerated or are inaccurate, but this must not deflect us from addressing the crucial issues of defining, developing, and deploying critical infrastructure protection (CIP) policies and strategies." If you don't agree, don't complain to me - email him at: [email protected] or via the Web at: http://www.dcs.kcl.ac.uk/staff/richard -but better read his full article first! You might also be interested in visiting Metatech's pages at http://www.metatechcorp.com/USRI.htm and http://www.metatechcorp.com/EMIthr1/slide1.htm (I hope these links still work, I haven't tested them.) Regards, Keith Armstrong In a message dated 11/01/02 20:27:48 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Subj:EMC-related news article > Date:11/01/02 20:27:48 GMT Standard Time > From: [email protected] (Cortland Richmond) > Sender: [email protected] > Reply-to: <A > HREF="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</A> > (Cortland Richmond) > To: [email protected] (Ken Javor) > CC: [email protected] > > Finally, a voice of sanity in news articles about > electromagnetic vulnerability. The ABC online news > headline is > > High-Tech Robbery > Physicists Say > Electromagnetic-Aided > Robbery Limited to > Hollywood > > http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/pinch020111.html > > Cortland > > (What I think; not my employer) >
