[EAS] Where attention needs to be

[Clay Freinwald]

Responding to - 

Short of going to a satellite based system, I don't know what you'd do.  I
can't see spending the money for a parallel private network to every
broadcaster and cable company in the country.  But... I'm not convinced that
the public internet is as bad as its being made out to be:
 
And - 

 As for the security aspects of the internet... there ARE solutions out
there and they don't necessarily cost much money.  The interested parties
(broadcasters, vendors, FEMA, etc) just need to expend some effort to
identify those and implement them.

Your are correct - there is likely NO money for a private and (perhaps) more
secure network.....I question if that would even be worth it. - I would bet
that even those private systems out there (EmNet, MyStateUSA, etc ) could be
hacked if it were not for the precautions that those that operate them have
developed to keep this from happening.  Now that hacking has gained
attention, the target on their backs is even larger.

The reason that the existing system got hacked is because of lack of
adequate 'locks on the door'.    Granted the Federal Reserve was recently
hacked for the simple reason that it was there.  I suspect that virtually
every secure system there is has a number of people working on how to break
the code and get in...It's all about the challenge.   The answers are as
they have always been - Better and more secure locks on the vault.  The EAS
hacking incident is nothing new....The only thing new is that this is the
first time that this particular system has been the target.    We can't hide
from being a target, this is part of life.    Like I have stated in other
posts - building a moat is not an answer for keeping the bad guys out as
they will surely bring a boat next time.    Security for just about
everything is a matter of staying - one step ahead.   Welcome to the
real-world.

Clay Freinwald