Discuss IT

In this new quick-listen feature, Tony considers what the impact of Stuxnet and Wikileaks are to South African security practitioners, and concludes that the new realities place a greater responsibility on us to secure not only our own organisations.

For the Dominic White interview on the Google attack, see http://www.discussit.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=186&Itemid=65

For a commentary on the China diversion of the internet traffic, see http://www.renesys.com/blog/2010/11/chinas-18-minute-mystery.shtml

Wikipedia does a good breakdown of Code Red at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Red_(computer_worm)

I blogged previously about Wikileaks at http://olivieranthony.wordpress.com/2010/12/12/rules-of-the-game/

The Mail and Guardian have an insightful commentary on the South African inclusion in BRIC at http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-12-29-sa-not-just-another-bric-in-the-wall