The story about China hacking into politicians systems has been in the news the today (Network World coverage).  Maybe it's actually a good thing in the long run, because this kind of activity has the chance to actually stimulate our politicians in the US to think about how to  address security issues.

I have been reading Geekonomics, and the further along I get in it the more I think that the systemic problems we face in IT security need to be solved at a lot higher level than throwing security te
chnologies at each new problem that emerges. (BTW- it is an excellent must read for those in the security industry, and particularly for those who aren't but who need to understand where we are at, and how we got here)

I was also reading an interview in the most recent issue of IEEE Security & Privacy with Jon Swartz, who has covered IT security for USA Today, and who has a new book out called Zero Day Threat. There was a line in it about sabre rattling in Washington DC after some Senators identity information was stolen, but then losing interest when a Supreme Court appointment came up.

Maybe this latest set of hacking incidents will stir our elected representatives to actually look at and do something about security.

Jim