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Why we need a "digital Enron" (video)
The current state of computer insecurity obviously isn't enough of a problem.
Otherwise companies wouldn't leave laptops with confidential information behind in taxis, they wouldn't fail to encrypt confidential data when it's transmitted over the internet.
Governments in certain rice eating or vodka drinking countries wouldn't tolerate organised cyber crime rings to operate, and western governments would realise that police has a tough time battling crimes that are committed in mere seconds if it takes weeks to obtain a search warrant.
A "digital Enron" (a high profile crime that makes lots of victims) however could change all that, argued FBI special agent Shéna Boswell-Crowe at a McAfee event.
Below you can view excerpts of her presentation.
Apologies for the poor audio – it required some severe volume editing to save whatever could be saved.
Tags: FBI, cyber crime, enron, cybercrime, hacking
July 21, 2006 at 05:31 AM | Permalink
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El estado actual de la inseguridad informática obviamente no es problema suficiente. Si no, las compañías no dejarían portátiles con información confidencial olvidados en taxis, ni tendrían problemas al encriptar datos confidenciales al transmitirlos ... [Read More]
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