While I agree with your assessment, you have to consider that a serious cyber attack could (and probably would) include multiple vectors and have multiple delivery mechanisms. We can't just blame the guy with a 10 year old Windows XP machine with no firewall.
One thing Stuxnet taught us is that machines that AREN'T connected to the Internet can be successfully attacked by using spearphishing and different delivery mechanisms. Stuxnet is considered by some to not even be very advanced. God help us if we get something really advanced created and aimed at us! Chris On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Steven S. Critchfield <cri...@basesys.com>wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > > This is the Internet we're talking about, not smart people ;) > > > > There are a lot of systems connected to the Internet (like power grid > > systems and nuclear power plants) that certainly SHOULDN'T be > > connected to > > the Internet but they are... > > So, if they are connected and successfully attacked, the people who allowed > it to be connected should have their but placed in the lineup of those who > get dealt the swift kick in the pants for having made that boneheaded > choice. > > It is a reminder that the internet is not the end-all-be-all network. Some > non connected networks are good for us. And if you must make it to one of > the not connected networks, maybe you should have a good VPN or similar > connection into it. > > Those who have connected critical infrastructure to the internet and > introduce serious consequences for it's failure should be prepared to > suffer > the consequences of their actions. > > These are the same people who complain about password complexity > requirements and still expect the security to be high. > > -- > Steven Critchfield cri...@basesys.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
