[Editor] Not discounting privacy and other issues, let’s remember that all DCinema systems are private networks, by any definition…and most are or will be connected to the internet via satellite or optical fibre, or the private phone line modem.
Second, if anyone is following the conversations about the hopes of DCinema and ADA compliance for HI and VI captioning and who might wonder if the government will get involved…perhaps this article will seem interesting…and again, notwithstanding the merits of the idea that there should be standards and they should be monitored.
Returning to the article…
Currently, government responsibility for cybersecurity is split: The Pentagon and the National Security Agency safeguard military networks, while the Department of Homeland Security provides assistance to private networks. Previous cybersecurity initiatives have largely concentrated on reducing the vulnerability of government and military computers to hackers.
A 60-day federal review of the nation’s defenses against computer-based attacks is underway, and the administration has signaled its intention to incorporate private industry into those defenses in an unprecedented way.
Read the entire article at: <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/31/AR2009033103684.html>
“People say this is a military or intelligence concern, but it’s a lot more than that,” Rockefeller, a former intelligence committee chairman, said in an interview. …
U.S. intelligence officials have warned that a sustained attack on private computer networks …
The Rockefeller-Snowe measure would create the Office of the National Cybersecurity Adviser,…
The proposal would also mandate an ongoing, quadrennial review of the nation’s cyberdefenses….
Last week, Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair told reporters that one agency should oversee …
“The taxpayers of this country have spent enormous sums developing a world-class capability…
Blair acknowledged there will be privacy concerns about centralizing cybersecurity, …