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A Need for Greater Cybersecurity

Posted by Hemos on from the crack-down-block-down dept.

otterit writes "A story in the Washington Post discusses how chief executives of U.S. corporations and their boards of directors should assume direct responsibility for securing their computer networks from worms, viruses and other attacks, an industry task force working with the federal government said."

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  1. Re:Sarbanes-Oxley by Seth+Finklestein · · Score: -1, Troll

    As the cybersecurity czar for a large retail chain's corporate offices, I can confirm that Sarbanes-Oxley presents a clear and present danger to your rights. Here are a few examples of the tyranny it allows:

    1. Administrators can read all of your e-mail, print it out, and use it against you -- even if it's your own personal messages.
    2. No encryption. I'll repeat that: no encryption. Under Sarbanes-Oxley, we set up a proxy server to fool the users into thinking they were using 128-bit encryption on sites such as personal finance (i.e. banking). What actually happened was that their data was encrypted to the proxy, which decrypts the data, logs it, re-encrypts it, and forwards the data on to its destination. Classic man-in-the-middle attack. Even superiour browsers like Firefox don't warn users about this.
    3. All instant messages logged. Frankly, this upsets me greatly. I can talk to my co-workers without microphones picking up my every word (yet), but I can't type words to them?!

    Frankly, this corporate tyranny must stop. Please vote Nader in 2004.

    Sincerely,
    Seth Finklestein
    Czar

    --
    I'm not Seth Finkelstein. I still speak the truth.
  2. I agree completely by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    the government needs more cybersexuality and business must adapt to this trend to provide more services. and further more - what?? - oh umm cybersecurity is important too. Go linux.

  3. Re:Sarbanes-Oxley by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This post is at -1 because Michael Sims, Slashdot's so-called "editor," is a liar and a cheat. Please moderate this post, which is truthful, up in protest of Michael.

  4. /. Double-standard: Developers or Users by bruthasj · · Score: 2, Troll

    So, which is /.?

    Developers are responsible for secure code? Or, is it the Users?

    Remember legislation that might effect open source projects into being responsible for the security of their code? Remember the uproar that caused?

    Or is this another friendly gray-area-it-depends-if-it's-convenient-for-my-cur rent-political-agenda issue?

  5. Re:Bitch, Bitch, Bitch... by bonch · · Score: 0, Troll

    The term "Micro$oft" sucks.