Tales from the Technoverse

The lead story in the July 1, 2009 issue of CIO Magazine deals with cyber-security.

The Editor’s Letter headline is:

“Whac-A-Mole” Approach to Security

and contains the following paragraph:

“It’s hard to imagine more appropriate imagery for our cover story (“Moving Target”) about the widespread frustration with mounting cybersecurity threats and the lack of an effective U.S. government response. CTO Daniel Mintz of consulting firm CSC aptly describes the feds’ “Whac-A-Mole security” approach as one where long-term strategy takes a back seat to daily tactical responses.”

http://www.cio.com/article/495811/A_Whac_A_Mole_Approach_to_Security

I appreciate the mention and anyone who has heard me talk about cyber-security will know I use that term a lot. My one question is whether it should be “whack” or whac” …

The full article is located here:
http://www.cio.com/article/496125/Obama_s_Cybersecurity_Push_What_It_Means_for_CIOs