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Cybersecurity Firms Form Industry Association
An anonymous reader writes "Washington Technology is reporting that a new industry association centered around cybersecurity has been formed, to make sure security firms like RSA Security Inc., PGP Corp., Network Associates Inc., and others get their voices heard in Washington." Art Coviello, CEO of RSA Security Inc, is quoted in the article as saying: "The country is faced with the serious threat of terrorism and the possibility of cyberterrorism. If we can speak with one voice, we can play an important role in protecting the nation's critical infrastructure."
So the next new bubble is exploiting people's paranoia huh?
Does not equal one technology, one protocol, one methodology, one market...
One target.
The problem with socialism is that they always run out of other people's money. - Margaret Thatcher
In case someone hasn't posted it yet, here is their page:
http://www.csialliance.org/
Something tells me that when they say "get their voices heard," it means a line-item in the next budget. Damn Lobbyists.
Maybe they'll have a super-useful color coding system to let us know how much of a threat to our computers there is.
Boy, that'll be informative.
Just my $0.55 (US inflation, 1774-2008, for $0.02)
Why on earth isn't Microsoft on this list?
... consider this:
Now, before anyone chimes in with "Microsoft? Security? Thou smoketh crack!"
Members said the group's mission is to improve cybersecurity through public policy initiatives, public-sector partnerships, corporate outreach, academic programs, adoption of industry technology standards and public education.
Microsoft is an influence in some of those areas, a heavy influence in others, and a governing influence in others.
Would it not be of vital importance that they be a member of this group?
The coolest voice ever.
we won't need them anymore now that Microsoft is Trustworthy.
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Wow, another association to cloud the minds of the legislature and people. Professional associations have so much power nowadays with the way they influence policy and are practically infallible in the judicial system.
Even worse, many people don't even know that Adam Smith, writer of The Wealth of Nations who first described capitalist marketism, was vehemently against professional associations and corporations for the fact that they reduce competition and free markets.
Clearly, a market isn't 'free' anymore if the only selections that you have in the store are corporate products.
Really, don't you people get it? Most people don't understand how supposed "cyber-wafare" works. They don't understand how a virus works. They're stupid, or should I say technologically incompetent, enough to believe that Dr. Norton really does a great job in the anti-virus world because.... he's a virus. And cyber-terrorism? Yes, there are many people out there who think that sending "cyber-attacks" across the internet is like sending over a missile. They don't understand the concept of what makes an actual exploit in a system. They think that shooting enough virtual missiles of any type at a computer can take them down.
I may be sounding harsh... but think about it, and I know you will recognize many of the people you know who fit this mindset description. Just think work, school, or home.
http://mediagoblin.org/
Boy, I sure hope a cyberterrorist doesn't cyber-hijack a cyberplane, and cybercrash it into a big cyberbuilding!
I might even have to stand up from my cyberterminal in cyberspace, if that were to cyber-happen.
All I can say is, I'm cyber-scared, and I hope the cybercops can protect me and my cyberfamily!
The AV companies talk about terrorism? Yeah, "wee care". Really. That's hilarious. They are just interested in their profits. Only in the US can they use such excusions and are not laughed off the stage.
The word terrorism has suffered an inflation when it has been misused after sept. 11th. When I hear that word on tv I immediately switch channel.
Nowadays anything bad may be categorized as terrorism. But we have had laws before sept. 11th that punish for crimes. Why can't we just use those laws? Why we need an extra "terrorism" label for those actions? It's just that those in power are fooling people. They created the new "terrorism" category and repeat it over and over again until it becomes a fact.
Disgusting.