The Internet is a fascinating place. A near infinite maze of networks and systems, it unites a transnational polity of multinational corporations, government agencies, and individual actors -- a global colloquy hosted by the digital common denominator.
In stark contrast to our "lead-pipe" systems of yesteryear, this digital labyrinth functions as a multicursal puzzle. The Internet is comprised of a complex branching of ambiguous routes that continually reshape conventional communications media such as telephone, music, film and television. It presents a fathomless choice of path and direction, running like water through stone and sand, coursing forward in an ever-expanding "network of networks" that connects people, places and ideas.
But it also sets the scene of a 21st century battleground, where a multivariate host of attacks on our shared cyber-networks has matured into a serious threat to our economic and national security. According to federal warnings, our nation's computer systems are susceptible to critical strikes against public and private sectors alike. In recent months, FBI Director Robert Mueller has reiterated his January testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that new cyber-threats would exceed terrorism as the nation's top security concern.
Read more: http://spectator.org/archives/2012/03/28/cyber-cataclysm-prevention
In stark contrast to our "lead-pipe" systems of yesteryear, this digital labyrinth functions as a multicursal puzzle. The Internet is comprised of a complex branching of ambiguous routes that continually reshape conventional communications media such as telephone, music, film and television. It presents a fathomless choice of path and direction, running like water through stone and sand, coursing forward in an ever-expanding "network of networks" that connects people, places and ideas.
But it also sets the scene of a 21st century battleground, where a multivariate host of attacks on our shared cyber-networks has matured into a serious threat to our economic and national security. According to federal warnings, our nation's computer systems are susceptible to critical strikes against public and private sectors alike. In recent months, FBI Director Robert Mueller has reiterated his January testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that new cyber-threats would exceed terrorism as the nation's top security concern.
Read more: http://spectator.org/archives/2012/03/28/cyber-cataclysm-prevention
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