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English to Spanish: (Excerpt) LOSING THE ECHO CHAMBER IN THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY DEBATE General field: Tech/Engineering Detailed field: IT (Information Technology)
Source text - English LOSING THE ECHO CHAMBER IN THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY DEBATE "As an analyst, and now as a consultant, I raise issues of digital and physical security: let's talk about them, in plain terms, and collectively move to do something. As a member of the security digerati, I think we should be helping people, and we have to either step up with a better way forward, or get the hell out of the way.
When 60 Minutes ran its piece on Cyber terrorism on November 6 I was among the people who was pleased that the network was revisiting the subject. I thought producer Graham Messick and correspondent Steve Kroft did an outstanding job of defining the problem and pointing to specifics without diving too deeply into the Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt column. They raised these points, which included the statement that hackers had attacked and disabled the power grid in Brazil, in a manner that allowed my mom -- literally -- to get it.
I was saddened to see immediate backlash from amongst the security digerati against the report. "Not Hackers!" they shouted. It was alleged that government stooges infiltrated the report, pushing a government agenda. Here were people who break things for a living - people paid to highlight deficiencies in security by bypassing it and showing how it was done - arguing that things hadn't been broken, and that everything is fine.
I was talking this out with Josh Corman at The 451 Group, and he said, "Fellas, what doesn't matter is whether the particular incident was caused by hackers. What matters is the impact of an outage, and whether the attack described is in the realm of the possible." Amen, brother."
Translation - Spanish PERDIENDO LA CAJA DE RESONANCIA EN EL DEBATE DE SEGURIDAD PARA INFRAESTRUCTURA CRÍTICA "Como analista y ahora como consultor, traigo a colación temas de seguridad digital y física, hablemos de ellos, en términos concretos, y hagamos algo de manera colectiva. Como miembro del grupo de digerati´s de seguridad creo que deberíamos estar ayudando a la gente y además tenemos que sacar mejores formas para avanzar o de plano quitarnos del camino.
Cuando 60 Minutos sacó su artículo sobre cyber terrorismo el 6 de noviembre yo estaba entre las personas complacidas de que la cadena televisiva estuviera retomando este asunto. Pensé que el productor Graham Messick y el corresponsal Steve Kroft habían realizado un trabajo sobresaliente definiendo el problema y señalando los detalles específicos sin clavarse mucho en notas de temor, duda e incertidumbre. Abordaron estos puntos incluyendo las declaraciones de que los hackers habían atacado y deshabilitado la red de suministro de energía en Brasil de una manera tal que le hubiesen permitido hasta a mi madre –literalmente— entrar.
Luego me entristecí de ver la violenta reacción inmediata entre los digerati de seguridad en contra del reportaje. “No¡ los hackers no¡” gritaron. Se dijo que los peleles del gobierno infiltraron el reporte, manejándolo a su conveniencia. Aquí había personas que rompen reglas como forma de vida - personas a quienes se les pagó para destacar las deficiencias en seguridad desviando las mismas y mostrando como se hizo- …alegando que las cosas no se habían roto y que todo está bien.
Estaba yo comentando esto con Josh Corman en el Grupo 451 , y me dijo, "Cuate, si el incidente en particular fue causado por hackers, es lo de menos. Lo que importa es el impacto de un apagón y si cabe la posibilidad de un ataque como el descrito” Amén, mi hermano."
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