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Information Sharing is Key to Security, Antiterrorism Experts Say Two of the nation’s top antiterrorism officials have spoken out about information sharing in the government, and say passing along more information will actually help protect us against terrorism. According to an article by Grant Gross on the Computerworld website, Donna Bucella, director of the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center, and Daniel Ostergaard, executive director of the Homeland Security Advisory Council in the Department of Homeland Security, both made their remarks last week during a government symposium on information sharing and homeland security. Gross says both Bucella and Ostergaard told the 450 attendees that the government has improved its information-sharing capabilities since September 11, but that it still has a way to go. “We’re not there yet. We're getting there,” Bucella said. “I want to prove the naysayers wrong. I want to prove government can work together.” Ostergaard told the crowd that better information sharing is the key to preventing future terrorist attacks. “Either stop it before it happens, or you’re cleaning it up afterwards,” he said. “I’m focused on stopping it before it happens.” Gross says Ostergaard used the idea of Internet-based control systems for water treatment plants as an example of IT systems that the government can use to better protect the so-called critical infrastructure systems in the U.S. “While workers in many water treatment plants can check the status of on/off valves with Web-based programs, more pieces of the critical infrastructure need systems that pinpoint problems and quickly find work-arounds for them,” Gross says. To read the full article, click here:
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