U.S. CYBER CHIEF: 'THE RIGHT BALANCES'

摘要

When considering the invest-merits that need to be made to shore up the security of the Internet, there are lessons to be learned from the U.S. Founding Fathers, according to Rod Beckstrom, director of the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In his keynote at Black Hat in Las Vegas earlier this month, Beckstrom referenced the managerial capacities of Abraham Lincoln and 1776 Virginia Bill of Rights author George Mason, and said the DNS vulnerability underscores the critical need for government and the IT industry to boost investment in protecting key protocols, including BGP SMS/IF? and even POTS (plain old telephone service). The director noted that during natural disasters, SMS has proven to be an extremely resilient form of communication, and also discussed how the rising tide of cybercrime dictates a need for stronger security, but privacy must also be preserved, and the IT security industry will play a central role in striking the proper balance between the two.