Dorothy Denning Quotes
Cyber terrorism could also become more attractive as the real and virtual worlds become more closely coupled, with automobiles, appliances, and other devices attached to the Internet.
Denning, Dorothy E. "Cyberterrorism." Testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism, 23 May 2000.
Many computer experts and security operatives view this kind of advice and strategy as counter-productive as there are some computer security extremists who so harden computer systems and networks that they function poorly and cause really harmful operational problems. The classic case was the FBI agent in Minnesota who before 9-11 had information that Muslims foreigners were taking flying lessons. She wanted to get the information to the national security FBI people, but she was not allowed to send the information by e-mail. Instead she had to use a "secure" system that was much slower and could not be viewed by the people who might have been able to connect the dots and do something about it. The FBI has now a better balance between functionality and security, but it is a good example of how "security fanaticism" can make us less safe.
Gulen went into exile in Pennsylvania. He has a very large following both within Turkey and outside. His organization has established hundreds of schools where he argues for a very tolerant, modern version of Islam. The particular incident that triggered this absurd exaggeration by the Turkish President was that one of Gulen’s followers had obtained a recording of Erdogan’s son telling his father how he will hide the cash that they had obtained via corruption. Erdogan claimed the recording was faked. Where Erdogan was trying to move Turkey away from the secular founding of its Republic by Ataturk, Gulen was not only more in consonance with secularism in Government and separation of church and state, but had a very modern reformist view of Islam and Turkey.
In addition to the hackers who break into websites for monetary gain, or spying for companies or governments, there are many why just love the challenge of hacking into computers and websites that authorities claim is secure. The reality is that there is no way to absolutely sure a computer or its contents as long as it is connected to the Internet. Those computers and sites that have nothing to hide and do not present a challenge to hackers of this type rarely have problems from them; their vulnerability is to the other hacker who can utilize their computer slo hack still others of paralyze their computer to extract a ransom for functionality. The analogy of the hackers to the barbarian hordes sacking Ancient Rome and the Mongolian hordes sacking Europe is one that many appreciated,
There is a constant race between the developers of hacking and cyberattack software and the developers of security and protective software.
Dorothy Elizabeth Denning, born August 12, 1945, is a US-American information security researcher known for lattice-based access control (LBAC), intrusion detection systems (IDS), and other cyber security innovations. She published four books and over 200 articles. Inducted into the National Cyber Security Hall of Fame in 2012, she is now Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Defense Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School.
