Nortel CTO John Roese has some interesting insights on network intelligence and the implications on security in his blog posting Security built in, not bolted on. His views were stimulated by CNet coverage of a talk delivered by Bruce Schneier [of BT Counterpane] at Info Security Europe 2007.
In the blog post, John speaks of the challenges of
the nice simple, high-performance, global Internet was so unintelligent that it could barely detect, much less defend, itself from these attacks
How do service providers guard their own networks and provide security to their customers? Some might ask, “should they?”
Contrast the current internet with his view of the future:
One of the reasons I feel that WiMAX 802.16e (not just the RF part but the whole system) has a strong possibility of playing a major role in the 4G hyperconnected future is that in addition to being a high-performance, low-cost broadband transport system, it leverages the IEEE security learnings (specifically the trials and errors of the Wi-Fi world) to deliver a system that makes few assumptions about the end systems’ security, but realizes that it must control access, protect transport and remain resilient even in the presence of the unknown.
The CNet article cites Lord Alec Broers, chair of the House of Lords science and technology committee, as having suggested that every company, from operating system and application vendors to ISPs, needs to take greater responsibility for the security of end users.
As I mentioned earlier, John Roese is delivering the closing keynote address at The 2007 Canadian Telecom Summit, June 13.
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