Cybersecurity simulation

An elite cyberthreat working group made up of industry experts and government officials is racing against time to mitigate the damage of a cyber attack.

Curated by David Gewirtz, distinguished lecturer, CBS Interactive
Brenda Christensen, director of public relations, Nimble
Roger Cressey, senior vice-president, Booz Allen Hamilton
Phil Owens, engineer, GFI Software
Robert D. Rodriguez, chairman and managing principal, SINET

This session was part of The Economist's Ideas Economy: Information 2012 event in San Francisco, California.

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[FunkontheN3t]

To put it simply, the Internet can not be "shut down". A large scale act of cyber-terrorism as they're calling it these days, could potentially down thousands upon thousands of servers, or worse compromise SCADA systems, but in the end, for the entire Internet to cease functioning, a catastrophic event of doomsday/end-of-the-world proportions would be required.

[HIMexpert]

If the government decides to shut down the internet, how would we know whether it's the gov't or a virus? I can see the White House blaming a virus but being behind the shut down.

[DavidAKZ]

I think they should simulate Credit Default and Interest Rate Swaps.

[Marcos Marin]

Oh, so that is what this theater is all about? @36:00 Wanting the power to take over the internet at will? hahaha Why are those "hard to replace" generators plugged to the net anyway, the engineers need to access facebook at the job? LoL The "Father Figure" at the end assured every one that they have the expertise, but apparently never heard of a VPN. "Yes, gimme the power! "... common...

[Lance Winslow]

This is stupid, the scenarios are BS. Light aircraft have landing lights.