Taking Cyber-Terrorism Seriously

With the plethora of news recently about electronic trading, I am nagged by a fear that I almost hesitate to voice. While I am an unabashed proponent of technology, I am not blind to the great harm that technology can do if it falls into the wrong hands.

While Washington and Wall Street are reeling from the dramatic testimony coming from the 9/11 commission, very little attention has been paid to Richard Clarke’s urgings during his tenure as a cyber-security czar. Clarke, like many others, tried