Dorothy E. Denning Quotes

With those people, I’m very far apart, because I believe that government access to communications and stored records is valuable when done under tightly controlled conditions which protect legitimate privacy interests.

While many hackers have the knowledge, skills, and tools to attack computer systems, they generally lack the motivation to cause violence or severe economic or social harm.

We have never really had absolute privacy with our records or our electronic communications – government agencies have always been able to gain access with appropriate court orders.

The concern is over what will happen as strong encryption becomes commonplace with all digital communications and stored data. Right now the use of encryption isn’t all that widespread, but that state of affairs is expected to change rapidly.

Systems are complex, so controlling an attack and achieving a desired level of damage may be harder than using physical weapons.

If we take as given that critical infrastructures are vulnerable to a cyber terrorist attack, then the question becomes whether there are actors with the capability and motivation to carry out such an operation.