Is the U.S. the nation most vulnerable to cyberattack?

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	Is the U.S. the nation most vulnerable to cyberattack? everal nations, most prominently Russia, the People's Republic of China and North Korea, are already assembling cyber armies and attack weapons that could be used to attack other nations. Given that the United States is heavily dependent on technology for everything from computer-based banking to supply-chain tracking and air-traffic control, it's particularly vulnerable to the denial-of-service attacks, electronic jamming, data destruction and software-based disinformation tricks likely in a cyberattack. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qwest Connecting to Better Customer Service Less than a third of surveyed IT executives believe their companies are "highly effective" at adapting to changing customer needs and priorities. Businesses that build a robust voice and data network infrastructure can achieve a high level of responsiveness, and transform customer information and feedback into actionable results. Click here. In this Issue Botnets 'the Swiss Army knife of attack tools' 21 critical future NASA missions Facebook takes steps to deal with gift card scams iPad security for the enterprise still subject to debate Estonia readies for the next cyberattack In cyberwar, who's in charge? Tech Visionaries and LSD: Turn On, Tune In, Geek Out From CyberWar: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Tolly Group Performance Report Tolly Report: "Citrix NetScaler with nCore Outperforms F5 BIG-IP" shows you how Citrix NetScaler beat F5 in head-to-head tests - providing 3X faster Web traffic, lower latency and higher throughput. Learn More! Botnets 'the Swiss Army knife of attack tools' Hacker militias may be at the bottom of the cyberwar food chain, but when they want to hit a target, they can mobilize botnets that are already up and running, security experts say. Read More 21 critical future NASA missions NASA space plans include trips to Mars, Jupiter, Pluto and the Sun as well as climate change operations Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Windows 7 Early Adopter Case Study Learn how Dell helped a leading business services firm complete an enterprise-wide Windows 7 migration. Learn More Now Facebook takes steps to deal with gift card scams Like many other Facebook users Jeff Crites heard of the US$1,000 Best Buy gift-card offer last month from a friend, a Web savvy director of social media at a Fortune 500 company. Read More iPad security for the enterprise still subject to debate Whether the iPad is secure enough for enterprise uses is debatable, based on a survey of several analysts and experts. Read More E-GUIDE: APC by Schneider Electric 5 Ways to Shrink a Data Center Most data centers can support an average density of 100 to 200 watts per sq. foot. The future of high-density computing – beyond 30 KW - will have to rely on water-based cooling, but is that cost effective? This expert guide discusses the latest energy technologies for today and the future. Read Now. Estonia readies for the next cyberattack More than anyone else, Jaak Aaviksoo has first-hand knowledge of what a cyberwar might feel like. In April 2007, Estonia's banking, media and government presence online was disrupted by several waves of distributed denial of service attacks that knocked services offline. The country is heavily wired -- 90 percent of all financial transactions are conducted over the Internet and 70 percent of the population files their tax returns electronically -- so the incident was widely felt by the country's 1.3 million citizens. Read More In cyberwar, who's in charge? When the first salvos of cyberwar are fired against the United States, the responsibility to defend the country falls to the president who, aided by advisers from the broad spectrum of government agencies and also the private sector, must feel his way along an uncertain path to decide the appropriate response. Read More Tech Visionaries and LSD: Turn On, Tune In, Geek Out While some of the technology industry's brightest minds were inventing the first PCs and developing groundbreaking software, they were also feeding their heads with LSD. Here's a look at nine tech visionaries who's mind-blowing adventures on acid have forever influenced the direction and ethos of the computer industry. Read More From CyberWar: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It Cyber war is not some victimless, clean, new kind of war that we should embrace. Nor is it some kind of secret weapon that we need to keep hidden from the daylight and from the public. For it is the public, the civilian population of the United States and the privately owned corporations that own and run our key national systems, that are likely to suffer in a cyber war. Read More
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