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Daniel Thomas
"Overuse of the term 'cyber-terrorism' is confusing board directors and preventing much needed investment in IT security, says former White House security advisor Richard Clarke.
By describing denial of service attacks, hacking and defacement of corporate web sites as cyber-terrorism, IT directors are negatively affecting the amount of investment companies makes in IT by failing to properly communicate the real risks to businesses, he says.
'If you say cyber terrorism they get confused and think it's Osama Bin Laden in cave with a laptop,' said Clarke during his keynote speech at RSA Conference 2004 in Barcelona."
