Happy New Year (But Don't Count On It)

by The Cutter Business Technology Council, Mark Seiden

From our very first security Opinion, "Pandemic I: Malicious Disruption (The Halloween Scenario)" in October of 2001, we have dealt with security problems more than any other issue. This is in part because our clients tell us it's what they worry about. And just as important, it's because the pieces of a very worrisome whole have been accumulating.

In this month's omnibus Opinion, Council members weigh in on their hopes and fears for what the new year may bring. Whether we're on the brink of an accelerating attack on our underlying infrastructure -- similar to the attack that the Russians seem to have mounted on Estonia's digital networks back in May -- or it's just business as usual with billions of dollars going down the drain for security, the problem just won't go away. And it won't stay the same either. That leaves only one ugly possibility ...

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Happy New Year (But Don't Count On It)December 2007