2009 will prove to be the year that this systemic weakness comes to the forefront of politics and the news: The United States is unprepared for a major hostile attack against vital computer networks, government and industry officials said Thursday after participating in a two-day "cyberwar" simulation.
"There isn't a response or a game plan," said senior vice president Mark Gerencser of the Booz Allen Hamilton consulting service, which ran the simulation.
Democratic U.S. Rep. James Langevin of Rhode Island, who chairs the homeland security subcommittee on cybersecurity, said: "We're way behind where we need to be now." Dire consequences of a successful attack could include failure of banking or national electrical systems, he said.
http://information-security-resources.com/2008/12/19/us-banking-system-vulnerable-to-sabotage/
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