24 Quotes by Dorothy Denning

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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