National Information Security: Is Clarke the Right Man For the Job?

National Information Security: Is Clarke the Right Man For the Job?
Richard Forno, 2002-07-11

Does the President's Special Advisor on security really understand the issues security professionals are dealing with?

National Information Security: Is Clarke the Right Man For the Job? 2002-07-11
Elias Levy

Regarding the insurance comments, I have to disagree with you. While at first the insurance proposal may look reactive, in reality they will have a proactive effect. All purchasers of insurance want to lower their premium. To do so insurance companies will develop a set of best practices and standar...

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Insurance and Incentives 2002-07-11
Nicholas Weaver

Insurance CAN be a good thing, if written and done correctly, because it can give an immediate economic incentive (lower premium) for doing the right thing. Thus companies with better security save money before an event occurs, by having a discount for their defenses.

Unfortunatly, the insurance...

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National Information Security: Is Clarke the Right Man For the Job? 2002-07-11
Anonymous

You're missing the potential benefit in improving overall security by getting the insurance industry involved in underwriting security risks. Insurance companies want to pay out benefits as infrequently as possible, and are therefore likely to drive better security practices to prevent security inc...

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National Information Security: Is Clarke the Right Man For the Job? 2002-07-11
Anonymous

You have a number of interesting points, but there is one that I take issue with.

Working as I do in insurance, I can tell you that any attempt to legislate insurance programs for losses due to cyber-security exposures will certainly NOT curry favor with the insurance industry. Simply put, if th...

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National Information Security: Is Clarke the Right Man For the Job? 2002-07-16
Robert Dao

A review of Mr. Clarke?s bio revealed a career civil servant with much experience and exposure in arenas of Arms Control and Intelligence. I suspect the president appointed Mr. Clark to his current role because he believed Mr. Clarke?s experience will benefit our national ?cyber? security front. ...

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National Information Security: Is Clarke the Right Man For the Job? 2002-07-16
Anonymous

It is sad to see a presidential advisor in bed with insurance companies. I agree that if the industry needs insurance, then it will be born out of the industry, not from a goverment mandate.

Glad I don't live in that pompass society....

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National Information Security: Is Clarke the Right Man For the Job? 2002-07-20
Brian Ford

Hmm. Maybe another take on the "Pearl Harbor" comment could be that while the United States lost that particular battle; it inevitiably won the larger war. If any one organization that has been attacked looks at the results they often feel like those residents of Pearl Harbor may have felt; the at...

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