Report suggests US is in a ‘pre-9/11’ cyberattack moment — here’s what you need to know

Nov13

by Sindy Cator on November 13, 2017 at 3:10 pm

“Clear and present danger” — so suggests the authors of the recent National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) report to the White House, a task required by the administration’s May 2017 executive order (EO). For those unfamiliar, the EO mandated government agencies to strengthen the cybersecurity of federal networks and critical infrastructure, and requested proof of compliance through a rigorous reporting process with tight deadlines. The report ominously suggests the United States is in a “pre-9/11 moment,” a comment made by Mike Wallace, member of the NIAC, when discussing the potential of a catastrophic cyber attack against the U.S., the dire…