Cyber Terrorism Increases Security Spendings

Representatives of the market research company Input have commented on the ascendant trend of information terrorism. According to Input, cyber terrorism has gained enough mass and momentum to elevate itself to an apex pf concern in the federal IT environment. In this regard it seems that the costs of anti-cyber terrorism campaigns will explode to an estimated 6.3 billion dollars in the coming years from the present 5.1 billion dollars.

"Information terrorism has evolved from a part-time nuisance to a full-time concern among federal information technology and network management professionals," said Bruce Brody, Input's vice president of information, in a statement. "Recently, a federal Chief Information Officer stated that his department's network registered 300 million attacks over a period of one year. Considering the threat level, it is not surprising that federal CIOs consider information security as one of their top priorities."

Input noted that the vulnerabilities exploited as far in the governmental field exposed the federal network's lax level of security measures; an aspect that will need to come under focus and that requires immediate action.

US Congress aims to legislate a centralized authority over IT policies' implementation and enforcement, rather then allowing the actual decentralized system to carry on. Input also predicted that legislators will reevaluate the Federal Information Security Management Act in order to increase the impact of CIOs and CISOs (Chief Information Security Officers).