Information Resilience and Homeland Security

Information Resilience and Homeland Security
Richard Forno, 2002-05-09

Freedom of information may be a double-edged sword, but restricting information has only one edge - and it cuts off the lifeblood of a healthy democracy.

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Information Resilience and Homeland Security 2002-05-10
Louis Helmke (1 replies)

So; what do you mean by restricting?

Removal so there is no access?
Or creating safeguards to grant access?

It sounds like the definition outlined in the article is removal of access. (Does taking if off the net imply no access at all???)

The article shows the natural tendancy to "over re...

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Information Resilience and Homeland Security 2002-05-15
Louis Helmke (The rest of the comment)

Measure what is available. Measure it closely. But "everything" is NOT ours as a RIGHT.
Where we really need to be? - We need to be where those that NEED the information, have access, and once getting it, they do the right thing with it when they get it (is this Utopia). Until then, what is the ...

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Information Resilience and Homeland Security 2002-05-19
Anonymous

Certainly, the idea of a company pulling unpopular data (like how much they're polluting) under the excuse umbrella of homeland security is unconscionable. It does make sense, though, to not publish data to make an adversary's job easier; this idea has been espoused by computer security profession...

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