We know that attacks against critical information are on the rise, we read about them everyday.
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These scenarios often involve hypothetical cyber attacks upon critical infrastructure leading to mass casualties and widespread disruption of daily life.
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Little doubt remains that the Stuxnet worm represents one of the most sophisticated digital attacks on critical infrastructure systems that cybersecurity researchers have ever seen.
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While attacks on critical infrastructure are relatively rare, recent months have seen viruses and other malicious programs hit control systems at oil treatment plants and other facilities.
It's a logical extension of the work federal agencies have done in the past to protect physical attacks on critical infrastructure that could sabotage the government or key parts of the country, the official said.
Cyber attacks against critical infrastructure had skyrocketed.
Regardless of the hyperbole, when the former head of the CIA, who most probably has intimate knowledge of the development of Stuxnet and the potential harm that could be caused by attacks against critical infrastructure talks about cataclysmic risks it may be well to pay attention.
That was the first night of baseball since the attacks, and some were critical that baseball had come back too soon after the attacks.
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Answering these questions is critical in helping to prevent future attacks.
Burton has been searching for just that "tone" in directing films that run the gamut, from the obscure 1984 "Frankenweenie" to the blockbusters "Batman" (1989), "Batman Returns" (1992) and the high-priced critical and commercial defeat "Mars Attacks!"
The order will make it easier for private companies in control of our nation's critical infrastructure to share information about cyber attacks with the government.
She fought off the attacks, noting that this is a critical time for the organization to pull together inside the office and not by calling in from home.
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Most important, the fund was broadly accepted by victims of the attacks, even though many of them were critical at first.
But I certainly think preserving the maximum flexibility in surveillance of transactions and communications is going to continue to be a critical element if we're going to prevent these attacks.
Washington (CNN) -- The companies that control critical infrastructure in the United States are reporting higher numbers of attacks on their systems over the past three years, according to a report issued by the Department of Homeland Security.
And Israel's critical electricity and financial grids are among the best secured in the world against cyber attacks that threaten national security, according to a January report by security firm McAfee Inc.
Certificate attacks will be with us as long as MD5 based certificates are used to authenticate critical systems.
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In response, Pakistan has closed its border with Afghanistan to critical coalition supply convoys and ordered the U.S. to vacate an air base used for drone attacks.
Although his new appointment is part of the larger homeland security initiative created following the attacks, the planning for Govnet began months ago and the idea of a separate secure network for critical government communications is something Mr Clarke has advocated in the past.
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