Unisys report: most Americans support Internet 'kill switch'

[mrnhtbr2232]

Unisys Security Index Reveals Most Americans Support Internet “Kill Switch” As National Security Remains Top Overall Concern
Research also indicates that U.S. consumers are not actively protecting their mobile devices despite broader awareness of cyber security risks

BLUE BELL, Pa. – October 27, 2010 –Sixty-one percent of Americans said the President should have the ability to shut down portions of the Internet in the event of a coordinated malicious cyber attack, according to research conducted in August by Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS).

The Unisys survey also found that while Americans are taking proactive steps to protect themselves against cyber crime and identity theft, only slightly more than a third of Internet users in the U.S. regularly use and update passwords on their mobile devices – creating a potentially huge security hole for organizations as more consumer devices invade the workplace.

The findings, part of the latest bi-annual Unisys Security Index, illustrate that recent events such as the Stuxnet computer worm attack and the attempted Times Square car bombing may have heightened the American public’s awareness of and concern over global and domestic cybersecurity threats.

The findings also suggest the public may support a pending cybersecurity bill that would give the President far-reaching authority over the Internet in the case of an emergency.

“A majority of the American population is willing to grant the President the authority to cut short their Internet access to protect both U.S. assets and citizens, suggesting that the public is taking cyber warfare very seriously,” said Patricia Titus, vice president and chief information security officer, Unisys. “Our survey shows that the American public recognizes the danger of a cyber attack and wants the federal government to take an active role in extending the nation’s cyber defense. It will be up to officials in all branches of the federal government to respond to this call to action in a way that is measured and well planned.......”

Complete bulletin here:
http://www.unisys.com/unisys/news/detail.jsp?id=1120000970006310112

[mick silver]

i am not willing to give up no more rights .... that my vote

[willie pete]

at this rate.....it'll soon be a gov't video camera in everyone's house...

[ShortJohnSilver]

It is a lie meant to condition people for its acceptance.

[crazychicken]

BS on that!

Another attempt at pre-conditioning.

They should blow that idea right up their posterial opening!

CC




Unisys Security Index Reveals Most Americans Support Internet “Kill Switch” As National Security Remains Top Overall Concern
Research also indicates that U.S. consumers are not actively protecting their mobile devices despite broader awareness of cyber security risks

BLUE BELL, Pa. – October 27, 2010 –Sixty-one percent of Americans said the President should have the ability to shut down portions of the Internet in the event of a coordinated malicious cyber attack, according to research conducted in August by Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS).

The Unisys survey also found that while Americans are taking proactive steps to protect themselves against cyber crime and identity theft, only slightly more than a third of Internet users in the U.S. regularly use and update passwords on their mobile devices – creating a potentially huge security hole for organizations as more consumer devices invade the workplace.

The findings, part of the latest bi-annual Unisys Security Index, illustrate that recent events such as the Stuxnet computer worm attack and the attempted Times Square car bombing may have heightened the American public’s awareness of and concern over global and domestic cybersecurity threats.

The findings also suggest the public may support a pending cybersecurity bill that would give the President far-reaching authority over the Internet in the case of an emergency.

“A majority of the American population is willing to grant the President the authority to cut short their Internet access to protect both U.S. assets and citizens, suggesting that the public is taking cyber warfare very seriously,” said Patricia Titus, vice president and chief information security officer, Unisys. “Our survey shows that the American public recognizes the danger of a cyber attack and wants the federal government to take an active role in extending the nation’s cyber defense. It will be up to officials in all branches of the federal government to respond to this call to action in a way that is measured and well planned.......”

Complete bulletin here:
http://www.unisys.com/unisys/news/detail.jsp?id=1120000970006310112

[hoarder]

It is a lie meant to condition people for its acceptance.
Bingo. They know how to trigger herd mentality. "Most Americans support" is what the herd needs to hear. The consent has been manufactured.

[Tumbleweed]

If sixtyone percent of amricans think that then I think sixtyone percent of americans must be brain washed dumb asses :oo-->

[mike88]

scary virus,........... foriegners.............

[Glass]

at this rate.....it'll soon be a gov't video camera in everyone's house...


Funny you should mention that. In Australia every building is going to be linked to a fibre network called the National Broadband network. I've been telling people it is so they can put cameras in the houses.

As to why consumer devices are invading the work place I don't know. No sensible business would let any old Joe's ipone to connect to their network. Sure it might save them some bucks in buying equipment but it's not their device so they have no control over it or say in how it is used.

[Ponce]

It says "Portion of the internet".........in other words........sites like this one, email, chat room and so on......any place where we can have direct contact with each other........and indirectly that would also mean phone, fax and cell phone.........the only mean of commo that we would have would be short wave radio.....as long as they cannot triangulate on your radio.

FEMA camps is going to be one busy place.

[Dogman]

It says "Portion of the internet".........in other words........sites like this one, email, chat room and so on......any place where we can have direct contact with each other........and indirectly that would also mean phone, fax and cell phone.........the only mean of commo that we would have would be short wave radio.....as long as they cannot triangulate on your radio.

FEMA camps is going to be one busy place.


You are right. The only semi-safe way would be eyeball to eyeball contact, And if using short wave radio, never never
transmit from a fixed location. And also never use the same spot to transmit twice. Have done a ham radio sport called "Fox hunting" locating hidden transmitters. If hunters are in the area of the transmitter it can be quick to find them. But if moving or changing location,s the chances of being caught are small.

Just a tidbit.

[Ponce]

Dogman? that was done in WWII......a short wave radio was hiding under a haystack in the back of a horse wagon and the dirver was making contack by playing with the sending key with his foot ............ moving all the time...........good movie it was hahahaahahhaha.

[Ponce]

The only "rights" that we have are the ones that "We The People" created when we go against the governmnet.........by breaking their laws we create laws of our own.

[Gaillo]

i am not willing to give up no more rights .... that my vote


Rights...what rights ? ???

Do we have any left ?


You have the right to die for what you believe in. That's about it, from what I can see!

[MNeagle]

Pure spin. Besides doesn't POTUS already have that authority?

[EE_]

The index does not include me.
I no longer consider myself American, because this country no longer resembles America.
This is not my country and I do not support the Internet 'kill switch'!

[Dogman]

Pure spin. Besides doesn't POTUS already have that authority?


I think he may have it to a degree, Not sure in peace time, but in war they have shut down and put a clamp on radio back during ww2 all amateur radio stations were ordered shut down for the duration. In peace time is where it would come into conflict with the constitution. But trust our critters in Washington to fix that. :sarc:

[FreeEnergy]

That's why China and Russia are lobbying to get control over some root servers. I think China already has their own mini version of the internet, and could care less of Barry "Obongo" Soetoro would sign a paper to shut internet down (that would be illegal on so many levels it is disturbing)

[FreeEnergy]

http://blog.icann.org/2007/11/there-are-not-13-root-servers/

Particularly interesting would be the last blog comment, that as of 2007 50% of all internet traffic was going through one root server - in Virginia. Ironically, this is probably where NSA or other military installations are.

And there are, in fact, only a few in the whole world — mainly in the United States, Britain and Sweden.

Basically, US and Britain control most internet traffic.

Internet is not "free".

[TheNocturnalEgyptian]

Nobody I know in real life has EVER mentioned supporting an internet kill switch.

Personally I could not be more opposed to having an internet kill switch.

[MNeagle]

Pure spin. Besides doesn't POTUS already have that authority?


Here's a bit of what I remember from the summer:

Internet 'Kill Switch' Approved By Senate Homeland Security Committee



The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has approved a cybersecurity bill, Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act (PCNAA), that would give the president far-reaching authority over the Internet in the case of emergency.

As The Hill explains, the bill, sponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman, Susan Collins, and Tom Carper, would give the president "emergency authority to shut down private sector or government networks in the event of a cyber attack capable of causing massive damage or loss of life." The original bill granted the president the authority to "indefinitely" shut down networks, but an amendment to the PCNAA, approved yesterday, mandates that the president "get Congressional approval after controlling a network for 120 days."The authority granted to the government in the bill has been likened to an Internet "kill switch."

Collins noted that she takes issue with the "kill switch" term. The Hill writes,


"It's been frustrating to read some of the misrepresentations of our bill in the cybersphere," Collins said, arguing the new bill actually circumscribes the president's existing authority and puts controls on its use. "I believe the substitute amendment we're offering strengthens those protections even more."


As we wrote here, the bill would also see the creation of a new agency within the Department of Homeland Security, the National Center for Cybersecurity and Communications (NCCC). Any private company reliant on "the Internet, the telephone system, or any other component of the U.S. 'information infrastructure'" would be "subject to command" by the NCCC, and some would be required to engage in "information sharing" with the agency, says CBS4.

The bill will soon head to the Senate for a vote.

Read more about the PCNAA here.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/25/internet-kill-switch-appr_n_625856.html


How this was followed up in Senate, I don't know. Or House, or POTUS sig.

[Dogman]

Nobody I know in real life has EVER mentioned supporting an internet kill switch.

Personally I could not be more opposed to having an internet kill switch.


Same here, I could not agree with you more!

I know the usa shut down communications or heavily censored during ww2 and I think some during the korean
war? And I think other country's have done the same..

You got to control the minds of the people you know.. :sarc:

[PatColo]

Nothing like a nice fake poll telling us there's "wide public support" for this or that fascist step TBTP want to take.


FIGURES DON'T LIE!
but liars sure do figure!


from 10 days ago,

Pentagon to aid DHS in case of cyber attack on domestic soil (http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=10032)
Posted on 21 October 2010.

It is a well know fact that the U.S. Department of Defense is forbidden to deploy military units within the nation's boarders for law enforcement purposes. The only exception to that rule is when a natural disaster strikes - and even then, a presidential order is required to allow their deployment.

Until now.

According to The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/us/21cyber.html?_r=1&src=mv), the Obama administration has changed the rules a bit, so that military experts can be called upon if and when a cyber attack that targets critical computer networks inside the U.S. is detected.

They would still need permission from the President, but once given, a team of Pentagon cyber experts will be sent to the DHS' operations center, and another consisting of DHS officials will be dispatched to Fort Meade, where the NSA, the military's Cyber Command, and the greater part of the government's computer network capabilities are located. To prevent any possible misuse of military power, the DHS would be in charge of coordinating the whole action.

The new rules have been specified in a memorandum signed by Janet Napolitano and Robert Gates - the Homeland Security and Defense secretaries, respectively, and it was signed so that a quick and legal response to such an attack is possible and to prevent squabbles over who's in charge and who has the authority to do what.

[Twisted Titan]

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[BrewTech]

Unisys Security Index Reveals Most Americans Support Internet “Kill Switch” As National Security Remains Top Overall Concern

When I ask the people I know who have lost their jobs and their house, they always tell me that "NATIONAL SECURITY" remains their top overall concern.

Hell, it's all anyone can talk about...

::)

[Ponce]

Gailo? and that's why in Iraq and Afgha the "rebels" are winning........they are fighting for their land and killing as many invaders as they can.........even the kids in Gaza have more balls than the average American.

[Filthy Keynes]

Joe Lieberan: "This is a matter of National Security - by incapacitating our BANKS our FINANCES"

Get it? BANKS - FINANCES/FINANCIAL CENTERS? They want to control the MONEY.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttvuSqaxF-c

[Awoke]

sixtyone percent of americans must be brain washed

I would say that is a gross underestimation.