Are you ready for a foreign cyber attack?

The Internet attacks on Georgia by the Russians as their ground troops swept into that country are a clear signal of the danger that the U.S. computer systems could face. U.S. security experts say China and Russia could pose a serious cyber threat, with a recent Department of Defense report concluding that China views cyber war as part of the first strike.

The question is whether the U.S. is prepared. U.S. officials told a Senate committee earlier this year that the federal government and private sector are, in fact, not ready for cyber attacks. General James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, last year said China is carrying out widespread reconnaissance of America's networks while Scott Borg, director of the independent U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit, has said the U.S. is ready for physical attacks, but not from computer systems.

For more on this threat:
- check out this CIO-Today article