The protection of the American infrastructure is an important part of the agenda of the National Security Council, according to President Bush's National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice. Speaking to industry and government leaders at the Partnership for Critical Infrastructure of . . .
The protection of the American infrastructure is an important part of the agenda of the National Security Council, according to President Bush's National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice. Speaking to industry and government leaders at the Partnership for Critical Infrastructure of the US Chamber of Commerce annual meeting in Washington on Thursday, Rice said, "Today, the cyber economy is the economy. And I don't mean the dot-coms. I mean virtually every vital service - water supply, transportation, energy, banking and finance, telecommunications, public health. All of these rely upon computers and the fiber-optic lines, switchers and routers that connect them."

"Corrupt those networks, and you disrupt the nation. It is a paradox of our times: the very technology that makes our economy so dynamic and our military forces so dominating - also makes us more vulnerable. As the President's National Security Advisor, I have to worry about that vulnerability. But each corporate CEO has to worry about the fact that a much smaller cyber attack than on the US could place the very existence of your company at issue."

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