‘You don’t necessarily need bombs or explosives to cripple the wo...
“You don’t necessarily need bombs or explosives to cripple the world economy,” White House Homeland Security Dir. Tom Ridge said Tues. Speaking at EIA dinner in Washington, Ridge said “information technology is the common denominator, the driving force” throughout…
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President Bush’s $38 billion FY 2003 budget request for homeland security. He cited many examples of technology’s role in securing homeland, including coordinated communications systems for first responders and need to roll out broadband so it could serve as tool to educate and inform citizens in time of emergency. Ridge also urged high-tech executives to do more to secure their own networks in all ways, saying he had conducted tours of companies where their servers were secured with sophisticated software but there was no one at front desk to restrict visitors. Ridge praised EIA and its member associations such as CEA and TIA for creating Internet Security Alliance, which is gathering database of best practices among companies.