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The United States government has spent and will continue to spend untold millions understanding these threats and studying the situation and techniques. In addi
by dillona 14y ago
The United States government has spent and will continue to spend untold millions understanding these threats and studying the situation and techniques. In addition they are targeted by both more numerous and more advanced attacks than any group in the private sector by far.
Without a doubt no organization in the world knows as much about cybersecurity as the United States government, and up until now all of that knowledge has been held from the private sector behind many layers of classification. Don't you feel that it could be beneficial for the public to have a path for the two groups to work together?
- tptacek 14y agoThe "US Government" isn't a coherent whole when it comes to information security, so I find your comment hard to respond to. However: "Without a doubt no organization in the world knows as much about cybersecurity as the United States government"... I've been a practitioner in this field since the early '90s; I know not one other practitioner who shares that opinion.
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- joubert 14y agoHonest question: do you think there's a group/organization that knows, on balance, more about "cybersecurity" than the NSA?
- hnhg 14y agoYeah, the parent makes the point not to conflate the NSA with 'the US Government'. There's the adage that a team is only as good as its least able member - guess that would apply to the US Government's knowledge of IT security.
- waterlesscloud 14y agoWhereas that may apply in terms of effectiveness, the opposite applies in terms of knowledge.
- snowwrestler 14y agoCISPA provides those paths, but, crucially important, it allows each private company the freedom to decide whether to walk down the path, and how far. tptacek's analysis is clear-eyed and accurate; the goal of the Obama administration is to make participation mandatory for certain companies.