Code-cracking agency expects it is compromised

[struggle4progress]

By Jim Wolf
updated 12/16/2010 5:56:08 PM ET

... "There's no such thing as 'secure' any more," Debora Plunkett of the National Security Agency said on Thursday ... "The most sophisticated adversaries are going to go unnoticed on our networks," she said ... "We have to build our systems on the assumption that adversaries will get in," she told a cyber security forum sponsored by the Atlantic and Government Executive media organizations ... More than 100 foreign intelligence organizations are trying to break into U.S. networks, Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn wrote in the September/October issue of the journal Foreign Affairs. Some already have the capacity to disrupt U.S. information infrastructure, he said ...

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/40707699/ns/technology_and_science-security/

[Ruby the Liberal]

1. Well, thats comforting.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

2. Right mindset actually

Originally the concept for computers/networks was that once you got past the front door, you good to be there. By assuming those checks could get gotten past, it means that security is being addressed on all levels. Though resource intensive, it is the right answer

[Recursion]

6. Yes, it is: defensive network design is important

Always assume your systems will be compromised.

[HereSince1628]

3. same old shit...

that piece of news goes back a long way.

[bemildred]

4. The only sensible attitude, as has been well known for a long time. nt

[ChemDork]

5. Not news at all.

Secrecy is not something you can rely on. Wikileaks has nothing to do with this idea.