I’ve said it before and I will say it again, the Internet continues to become more dangerous as new web pages are infected at an ever increasing rate.So cyberspace is real. And so are the risks that come with it. It's the great irony of our Information Age -- the very technologies that empower us to create and to build also empower those who would disrupt and destroy. And this paradox -- seen and unseen -- is something that we experience every day.It's the classified military and intelligence networks that keep us safe, and the World Wide Web that has made us more interconnected than at any time in human history.
But make no mistake: This world -- cyberspace -- is a world that we depend on every single day. It's our hardware and our software, our desktops and laptops and cell phones and Blackberries that have become woven into every aspect of our lives. It's the broadband networks beneath us and the wireless signals around us, the local networks in our schools and hospitals and businesses, and the massive grids that power our nation. It's long been said that the revolutions in communications and information technology have given birth to a virtual world.
How about the privacy and the economic security of American families? We rely on the Internet to pay our bills, to bank, to shop, to file our taxes. But we've had to learn a whole new vocabulary just to stay ahead of the cyber criminals who would do us harm -- spyware and malware and spoofing and phishing and botnets.
Millions of Americans have been victimized, their privacy violated, their identities stolen, their lives upended, and their wallets emptied. According to one survey, in the past two years alone cyber crime has cost Americans more than $8 billion.
A powerful reminder In this Information Age, one of our greatest strengths -- in our case, our ability to communicate through the Internet -- could also be one of our greatest vulnerabilities.
Per President Obama:
"The small businesswoman in St. Louis, the bond trader in the New York Stock Exchange, the workers at a global shipping company in Memphis, the young entrepreneur in Silicon Valley -- they all need the networks to make the next payroll, the next trade, the next delivery, the next great breakthrough. E-commerce alone last year accounted for some $132 billion in retail sales.
But every day we see waves of cyber thieves trolling for sensitive information -- the disgruntled employee on the inside, the lone hacker a thousand miles away, organized crime, the industrial spy and, increasingly, foreign intelligence services. In one brazen act last year, thieves used stolen credit card information to steal millions of dollars from 130 ATM machines in 49 cities around the world -- and they did it in just 30 minutes. A single employee of an American company was convicted of stealing intellectual property reportedly worth $400 million. It's been estimated that last year alone cyber criminals stole intellectual property from businesses worldwide worth up to $1 trillion.http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/us/politics/29obama.text.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=politics
In short, America's economic prosperity in the 21st century will depend on cyber security. And this is also a matter of public safety and national security. We count on computer networks to deliver our oil and gas, our power and our water. We rely on them for public transportation and air traffic control. Yet we know that cyber intruders have probed our electrical grid and that in other countries cyber attacks have plunged entire cities into darkness.
"Unfortunately, you can’t tell an infected web site from one that isn’t. Even high traffic popular web sites can be infected.It is important that your computer is protected against this new threat. Many over-the-counter, free ware and low grade protection products do not protect against this new malware.
So my computer is an important business tool that I rely on daily. Just a few of the reasons I am involved in the field of PC Security.
Rosemarie Grabowski
PC Security & IdentityTheft Protection
308 687 6085
topsecretfreereport.com/makeadifference-x
But make no mistake: This world -- cyberspace -- is a world that we depend on every single day. It's our hardware and our software, our desktops and laptops and cell phones and Blackberries that have become woven into every aspect of our lives. It's the broadband networks beneath us and the wireless signals around us, the local networks in our schools and hospitals and businesses, and the massive grids that power our nation. It's long been said that the revolutions in communications and information technology have given birth to a virtual world.
How about the privacy and the economic security of American families? We rely on the Internet to pay our bills, to bank, to shop, to file our taxes. But we've had to learn a whole new vocabulary just to stay ahead of the cyber criminals who would do us harm -- spyware and malware and spoofing and phishing and botnets.
Millions of Americans have been victimized, their privacy violated, their identities stolen, their lives upended, and their wallets emptied. According to one survey, in the past two years alone cyber crime has cost Americans more than $8 billion.
A powerful reminder In this Information Age, one of our greatest strengths -- in our case, our ability to communicate through the Internet -- could also be one of our greatest vulnerabilities.
Per President Obama:
"The small businesswoman in St. Louis, the bond trader in the New York Stock Exchange, the workers at a global shipping company in Memphis, the young entrepreneur in Silicon Valley -- they all need the networks to make the next payroll, the next trade, the next delivery, the next great breakthrough. E-commerce alone last year accounted for some $132 billion in retail sales.
But every day we see waves of cyber thieves trolling for sensitive information -- the disgruntled employee on the inside, the lone hacker a thousand miles away, organized crime, the industrial spy and, increasingly, foreign intelligence services. In one brazen act last year, thieves used stolen credit card information to steal millions of dollars from 130 ATM machines in 49 cities around the world -- and they did it in just 30 minutes. A single employee of an American company was convicted of stealing intellectual property reportedly worth $400 million. It's been estimated that last year alone cyber criminals stole intellectual property from businesses worldwide worth up to $1 trillion.http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/us/politics/29obama.text.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=politics
In short, America's economic prosperity in the 21st century will depend on cyber security. And this is also a matter of public safety and national security. We count on computer networks to deliver our oil and gas, our power and our water. We rely on them for public transportation and air traffic control. Yet we know that cyber intruders have probed our electrical grid and that in other countries cyber attacks have plunged entire cities into darkness.
"Unfortunately, you can’t tell an infected web site from one that isn’t. Even high traffic popular web sites can be infected.It is important that your computer is protected against this new threat. Many over-the-counter, free ware and low grade protection products do not protect against this new malware.
So my computer is an important business tool that I rely on daily. Just a few of the reasons I am involved in the field of PC Security.
Rosemarie Grabowski
PC Security & IdentityTheft Protection
308 687 6085
topsecretfreereport.com/makeadifference-x
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