January 23, 2002—Carnegie Mellon recently estimated that cyber crime incidents increased by nearly 150 percent during 2001, indicating that Internet security has moved beyond a tactical issue to a strategic corporate imperative.
Bill Conner, president and chief executive officer of Dallas-based Entrust, Inc., recently joined U.S. Representative Lamar Smith, and other cyber crime experts to outline actions needed to address computer hacking and cyber crimes.
“For our economic security, our national security, and our continued technological growth, someone must sound the alarm that the serious threat posed by cyber crime should be confronted with serious deterrents,” said Congressman Smith, chairman of the House Judiciary Crime Subcommittee.
