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Cyberterrorism Risks: Analyst Insights on Corporate Security Awareness

Although there have been no reported cases of cyberterrorism or hacks of corporate or U.S. government sites, companies must remain vigilant in the coming days, say analysts from the research firm Gartner. Soon after last week's horrific terrorist attacks on U.S. . . . . Although there have been no reported cases of cyberterrorism or hacks of corporate or U.S. government sites, companies must remain vigilant in the coming days, say analysts from the research firm Gartner. Soon after last week's horrific terrorist attacks on U.S. targets, government officials and analysts alike issued warnings that cyberterrorism is likely. Those alerts continue to stand--and won't likely go away soon--based on comments from Gartner analysts during a conference call Monday. The government has carried out "war games" to simulate cyberattacks, says French Caldwell, a Gartner analyst with an extensive government background, including work with the Department of Defense. While he says he can't offer specific details of those simulations and who participated in them, he does say that the possibility had been considered that cyberterrorism could be used as "a distraction or precursor" to physical terrorist attacks. The link for this article located at PCWorld is no longer available. . Although there have been no reported cases of cyberterrorism or hacks of corporate or U.S. governmen. although, there, reported, cases, cyberterrorism, hacks, corporate, governmen. . Anthony Pell

Sep 18, 2001 • Anthony Pell Network Security