Dorothy E. Denning Quotes

• With those people, I’m very far apart, because I believe that government access to communications and stored records is valuable when done under tightly controlled conditions which protect legitimate privacy interests.

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• While the vast majority of hackers may be disinclined towards violence, it would only take a few to turn cyber terrorism into reality.

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• While many hackers have the knowledge, skills, and tools to attack computer systems, they generally lack the motivation to cause violence or severe economic or social harm.

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• We have never really had absolute privacy with our records or our electronic communications – government agencies have always been able to gain access with appropriate court orders.

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• The concern is over what will happen as strong encryption becomes commonplace with all digital communications and stored data. Right now the use of encryption isn’t all that widespread, but that state of affairs is expected to change rapidly.

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• Systems are complex, so controlling an attack and achieving a desired level of damage may be harder than using physical weapons.

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• If we take as given that critical infrastructures are vulnerable to a cyber terrorist attack, then the question becomes whether there are actors with the capability and motivation to carry out such an operation.

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• I think most organizations have an interest in key recovery, at least with respect to stored data.

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• I prefer leaving things to the market as much as possible.

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• I favor strategies that encourage industry to include some sort of key recovery capability in their systems which would also address user requirements for access.

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• I don’t have a particular recommendation other than that we base decisions on as much hard data as possible. We need to carefully look at all the options and all their ramifications in making our decisions.

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• However, leaving everything to the market is not necessarily good for society.

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• Generally I’m against regulation.

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• Further, the next generation of terrorists will grow up in a digital world, with ever more powerful and easy-to-use hacking tools at their disposal.

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• Everyone is a proponent of strong encryption.

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• Cyber terrorism could also become more attractive as the real and virtual worlds become more closely coupled, with automobiles, appliances, and other devices attached to the Internet.

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Dorothy E. Denning (16)

Birth:	12th August, 1945
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Computer Scientist, Professor, Researcher

About

Dorothy Elizabeth Denning was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is an American Computer Scientist. She received the B.A. and M.A. degrees in mathematics from the University of Michigan and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from Purdue University. She has published 120 articles and four books, her most recent being Information Warfare and Security. She is now a professor in the Department of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School. She has received several awards. Among them are the Augusta Ada Lovelace Award, National Computer Systems Security Award, and the 2004 Harold F. Tipton Award "in recognition of her outstanding information security career".

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