Cybersecurity: How much is too much?

Business and government need to respond decisively to growing concerns about hacking and cyber attacks, but we would do well to remain carefully analytic in answering the big question: Are we spending enough as a nation on cybersecurity?

The threats and vulnerabilities are very real, as has become clear with the recent disclosures by WikiLeaks of highly classified diplomatic documents from the federal government’s classified computer network. This debacle notwithstanding, it’s entirely possible to overreact. We need to analyze the solutions as carefully as the problem.

The battle to keep cyberspace safe is difficult to win. All one need do ...

Washington Business Journal - by Lawrence A. Gordon
Date: Friday, December 3, 2010, 6:00am EST