The recent White House Cyberspace Policy Review which charts a path for the Administration's high level cybersecurity initiative, incorporated input from all the normal constituencies and stakeholders in the conventional interpretation of the issue.
Unfortunately, the most serious and probable cybersecurity catastrophes fall outside the range of the normal and conventionally expected threats. It is their very 'bizarreness' which keeps them from being taken seriously, no matter how much evidence accumulates that they are on the verge of becoming inevitable.
The following is an email message which this writer has sent through Whitehouse.gov to suggest the Administration take cognizance of such issues. Though it will probably get lost in the avalanche of incoming White House email, perhaps public discussion may raise the profile of these issues while there is still time to debate them. (more...)