The speed at which critical national functions are being moved online increases the risk of vulnerability, say former CIA and NSA security experts in exclusive interviews with Computerworld. While cyberterrorism may not be an immediate threat, it would be foolish not to recognize that the U.S. is facing a "thinking enemy" who will adapt to attack our critical infrastructures and vulnerabilities. . .
The speed at which critical national functions are being moved online increases the risk of vulnerability, say former CIA and NSA security experts in exclusive interviews with Computerworld. While cyberterrorism may not be an immediate threat, it would be foolish not to recognize that the U.S. is facing a "thinking enemy" who will adapt to attack our critical infrastructures and vulnerabilities, says Ruth David, former director for science and technology at the CIA.

David is now president and CEO of Analytic Services Inc., an independent, not-for-profit, public service research institution in Arlington, Va. She and Bill Crowell, CEO of Santa Clara, Calif.-based security firm Cylink Corp. and a former deputy director of the supersecret National Security Agency, each participated in rare interviews with Computerworld's Dan Verton. They discussed the threats posed by cyberterrorist attacks and the steps that the public and private sectors should take to thwart them.

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