October 22 2003 -
Ex-cybersecurity czar Clarke issues
gloomy report card -
By David Berlind, ZDNET, ORLANDO, Fla., Richard Clarke
has more bad news for IT execs. During his tenure as
White House cybersecurity czar, Clarke was frequently
criticized for his "sky-is-falling" attitude. Indeed,
Clarke claims that the Sobig attack brought down a
chunk of sky and that his warnings should have been
taken more seriously. If current trends continue,
Clarke told attendees at Gartner's Symposium/ITxpo
2003 here this week, the cybersecurity situation isn't
just going to get worse. It's going to get
exponentially worse...
