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Cyber Warfare Is No Longer an Academic Theory

Posted September 5, 2001 | Leadership | Leadership |

A new report from the research firm of Computer Economics indicates that the worldwide cost of computer viruses during the first eight months of this year is US $10.7 billion. Roughly $2.6 billion of this figure is associated with the Code Red computer worm, which many security experts still believe originated from China.

About The Author
Ed Yourdon
Ed Yourdon was cofounder, with Karen Coburn, of Cutter Consortium. Ed served as Fellow of the Cutter Business Technology Council, and Founding Editor and Editor Emeritus of the Cutter IT Journal. He chaired Cutter's Summit for many years. Mr. Yourdon is widely known as the lead developer of the structured analysis/design methods of the 1970s. He was a codeveloper of the Yourdon/Whitehead method of object-oriented (OO) analysis/design and the… Read More
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