What do we need? (IMHO)

• Every organization needs a Chief Hacking Officer
• Accept that system administrators are as essential to the New Economy as doctors, lawyers, accountants, and engineers were to the Old Economy.
• Business community must acknowledge security as a cost of doing business, just like they do with physical security
• Network designers can no longer put speed and access above security (you cannot have the first two without the third)
• Software/OS vendors must adopt the same kinds of standards and practices as other mature industries (e.g., automobiles, building construction, transportation)
• Either acknowledge that the Internet is not a reliable place to do "important" things like commerce, provide health care, control air traffic and hydroelectric power, or pay what it takes to fix it so it can be reliable
• If the computer industry doesn't want the government to get involved, then stop whining and fix the problems
• Its time to stop pandering to users' increasing demands for services and features and start teaching them how to survive on a hostile Internet

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