The Cyber Threat
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htiw/articles/20120403.aspx
Interesting article, but the solution is obvious. For your biggest secrets, and your most secure communications, sacrifice speed and ease of access for near-total security: don't use computers connected to the outside world. Go back to paperwork, couriers, etc. I mean, this worked up to about 30 years ago. I'm not saying put everything out of reach of technology - just the stuff that you're really worried about. I don't care how many tech geeks China has. They can't come over here, break into a gated-guarded-locked-building, break into a locked and alarmed office, break into a safe, and get the secrets therein. That's what they had to do 30+ years ago, and they virtually never succeeded without help from one of the guards. Get off the Net, and you leave the geeks far behind...
(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)
Interesting article, but the solution is obvious. For your biggest secrets, and your most secure communications, sacrifice speed and ease of access for near-total security: don't use computers connected to the outside world. Go back to paperwork, couriers, etc. I mean, this worked up to about 30 years ago. I'm not saying put everything out of reach of technology - just the stuff that you're really worried about. I don't care how many tech geeks China has. They can't come over here, break into a gated-guarded-locked-building, break into a locked and alarmed office, break into a safe, and get the secrets therein. That's what they had to do 30+ years ago, and they virtually never succeeded without help from one of the guards. Get off the Net, and you leave the geeks far behind...
(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)
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