Cybersecurity of critical U.S. infrastructure queried
An AP newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:
Lawmakers reproached the Bush administration on Tuesday for missing deadlines and putting just two full-time officials on measures to protect remote controls for dams, electricity grids and power and chemical plants.
Guarding the computer-based controls from terrorists gained attention after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
"It's four years later and we are no further down the line," Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., said while questioning Andy Purdy Jr., acting director of the Homeland Security Department's National Cyber Security Division. "We're not prepared. You know it, I know it."
Missed deadlines for developing a National Infrastructure Protection plan, determining vulnerabilities and identifying resources to address them are "a real frustration on this committee," said Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Calif., who chairs the House Appropriations Committee's economic security subcommittee.
posted by Fergie @ 10/18/2005 06:05:00 PM
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