Schneier on Security

Bruce, ALL,

Here's to 2009 may it be good for all.

Maybe it's my roots. Maybe it's just me. I'm curious, does anyone else think of "Cult of the Dead Cow" when they see CDC?

Just wondering.

MG

@MG: I read CDC as "Control Data Corporation", whose computers I used extensively when I was, say, significantly younger. However, I think I'm dating myself.

@Michael Girouard: my first thought exactly (although the capitalisation made me think it probably wasn't *that* cDc after all).

CDC is commonly used in multi-level marketing as "Consumer Direct Catalog".

@ David
Don't worry about dating yourself.
Sometimes those are the best dates.
(kinda like you can have the best conversations talking to yourself...)
;)

In any case, Have a great and secure New Year!

MKotS

The link actually goes to the _current_ BT planning site. You could probably track down the CDC preparedness plans from 1999 but these aren't those.

And in related news, Manhattan, Kansas has been selected for the new $450 million "U.S. National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility" to develop new plans.

It's not a done deal yet, but let's hope that they start by studying the 10,000 square mile lake north of Manhattan to understand how/why it became so toxic.

http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=15155306

"Bottom-sediment cores were used to investigate the occurrence of 44 metals and trace elements, and 15 organochlorine compounds in Tuttle Creek Lake, a reservoir with an agricultural basin in northeast Kansas, U.S.A. On the basis of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sediment-quality guidelines, concentrations of Ag, As, Cr, Cu, Ni, and Zn frequently or typically exceeded the threshold-effects levels for toxic biological effects."

How convenient for the new research facility.

Alas, something tells me they are more likely to look into symbolic and rare issues such as anthrax in major cities, or industry share-price/trade affecting issues like foot-and-mouth disease...still not much fear yet related to wildlife and water quality as a litmus for general welfare and national security.