As software gets better, security will be easier to implement. Indeed, the vulnerabilities that organizations will face will probably be in the human and physical security areas, rather than in the telecommunications part of their structure or activities.
Predictor: Marks, Richard D.
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for Infosecurity News, David Bernstein asks Richard Marks, chair of the Computer Law Division of the American Bar Association’s Section of Science and Technology, about standards on the information superhighway. Marks replies: ”Private interests will take advantage of various security software to implement their security. Certain kinds of encryption technology will be interoperable, or at least businesses will have the capacity to deal with two or three or four widely deployed encryption systems. I think that will be commonplace. As software gets better, security will be easier to implement. Indeed, the vulnerabilities that organizations will face will probably be in the human and physical security areas, rather than in the telecommunications part of their structure or activities.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Communication
Subtopic: Security/Encryption
Name of publication: Infosecurity News
Title, headline, chapter name: Infohighway Security Viewpoints
Quote Type: Direct quote
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