Do we Need Better CyberSecurity?
A targeted cyber attack on government servers can cause a lot of nations secrets to be reveled which may lead to destruction of nation's foreign relations. Internet is the backbone infrastructure of todays government. Every country is developing and using Internet technology for voting ,education,security and banking . Today almost all government offices are connected by it. A recent example of cyber espionage is breach of the federal government’s background-check database - the office of personal management (OPM) where hackers stole information of 21.5 million people which has information of people applying for security clearances. The data also included fingerprints of 1.1 million Americans,Social Security numbers, phone numbers and addresses of 4.2 million …show more content…
The victims in that attack included several members of Congress .This is not the only case of data breaches in 2009, the Chinese hackers breached Google's corporate servers gained access to a database containing classified information about suspected spies, agents, and terrorists under surveillance by the US government. This information can be used by spies. In 2009, Barack Obama stated that “cybersecurity is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation.” Introducing his new Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI), he declared that the U.S. digital infrastructure – “the backbone that underpins a prosperous economy and a strong military and an open and efficient government” – will be treated as “a national strategic asset” and that, “protecting this infrastructure
A targeted cyber attack on government servers can cause a lot of nations secrets to be reveled which may lead to destruction of nation's foreign relations. Internet is the backbone infrastructure of todays government. Every country is developing and using Internet technology for voting ,education,security and banking . Today almost all government offices are connected by it. A recent example of cyber espionage is breach of the federal government’s background-check database - the office of personal management (OPM) where hackers stole information of 21.5 million people which has information of people applying for security clearances. The data also included fingerprints of 1.1 million Americans,Social Security numbers, phone numbers and addresses of 4.2 million …show more content…
The victims in that attack included several members of Congress .This is not the only case of data breaches in 2009, the Chinese hackers breached Google's corporate servers gained access to a database containing classified information about suspected spies, agents, and terrorists under surveillance by the US government. This information can be used by spies. In 2009, Barack Obama stated that “cybersecurity is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation.” Introducing his new Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI), he declared that the U.S. digital infrastructure – “the backbone that underpins a prosperous economy and a strong military and an open and efficient government” – will be treated as “a national strategic asset” and that, “protecting this infrastructure