Entry url: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/video/blog/2009/12/
cyber_security_in_the_real_wor.html  Cyber Security in the Real
World  Posted on December 24, 2009   Reports this week surfaced
details of a computer attack against financial giant Citigroup
that may have resulted in the theft of millions of dollars over
many months. The bank is currently denying any breach of
security but the FBI is moving forward with the investigation
and may have linked the crimes to a Russian cyber-gang.
Meanwhile, President Obama has appointed a national cyber
security coordinator, Howard Schmidt, to work with the public
and private sectors to improve security.  In this report Jeff
Brown talks with James Lewis of the Technology and Public Policy
Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
about security and the "wild west" of the internet.   "The
Internet is God's gift to spies. It just is so helpful. You
don't have to go there physically. You can just break in from 30
-- you know, 3,000 miles away, fabul