"Our review of the last two years found that there has been progress in almost all of the areas we identify as critical, but in no area has this progress been sufficient," the new report says.
"Once you get over the idea that we don't have permanent world peace, and people may need to attack each other in particular circumstances ... then maybe there's a lot of good things to say about cyberweapons," says Peter Sommer of the London School of Economics' Information Systems and Innovation Group.
The billions of dollars worth of HITECH Act incentives available to hospitals and physicians using electronic health records are serving as a powerful catalyst for information security as well.
Implementing electronic health records software that includes security components is just the first of many steps involved in ensuring security, says Bonnie Cassidy, president of the American Health Information Management Association.
Has an alleged Stuxnet attack on Iranian nuclear facilities entered the realm of warfare? It may not be a cyberwar, as defined by many experts, but it sure feels like one.
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