Cybersecurity is Serious Business and, I’m afraid the future of Terrorism as Secretary Panetta says below ….
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LEON E. PANETTA: Thank you. Thank you very much.
Thank you so much for this wonderful evening and the chance to enjoy such terrific company and be able to express my deepest gratitude to this organization for all of the great things that it does on behalf of those that serve in our military.
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But the even greater danger — the greater danger facing us in cyberspace goes beyond crime and it goes beyond harassment. A cyber attack perpetrated by nation states are violent extremists groups could be as destructive as the terrorist attack on 9/11. Such a destructive cyber-terrorist attack could virtually paralyze the nation.