Home Hotel & Travel Agenda & Programs Mastermind Keynotes One-on-Ones ITxpo ITxpo Marketplaces Partners Brochure (PDF) Documentation Florence, Italy 10-12 March 2003 San Diego, CA, USA 23-27 March 2003 Orlando, FL, USA 19-24 October 2003 Past Symposium/ITxpo Sydney, Australia 12-15 November 2002 Cannes, France 4-7 November 2002 Tokyo, Japan 23-25 October 2002 Orlando, FL, USA 6-11 October 2002 Johannesburg, South Africa 4-7 August 2002 San Diego, CA, USA 29 April - 2 May 2002 Florence, Italy 8-10 April 2002		Richard Hunter, Gartner Vice President War Games Scenario – Digital Pearl Harbor Wednesday, 9 October 2002 Picture this: a small group of hackers sitting on a luxury yacht somewhere out in the Mediterranean pushes a button in order to launch a massive cyber attack on the United States. Everything shuts down. No power, no telephones, no computers. As citizens run screaming through the streets thousands of miles away, the hackers lift glasses of champagne to toast their success. Could this happen? Gartner vice president Richard Hunter posed the scenario Tuesday morning, at his keynote overview on Digital Pearl Harbor right before admitting his prior skepticism of the potential reality of such an attack. He has since changed his mind. To explore the possibility of what is referred to as a "Digital Pearl Harbor," a potentially devastating cyber attack, Mr. Hunter teamed up with other Gartner analysts and the Naval War College to create a war game that would test the vulnerability of the U.S. Four areas of the national infrastructure were targeted — power, telecom, Internet and financial — and groups of civilian attackers were organized to devise crippling strategies. Although the outcome would be unknown until the end of the exercise, the objective was clear: create a scenario that would answer the question, Can you pull off a cyber attack that would alter the strategic balance of power and change the way the world works? The result? Although Mr. Hunter was quick to point out that cyber tools of attack were not quite ready to replace more traditional methods of warfare, the potential for a large-scale cyber attack by a group of terrorists is very real. And the resources used could be as basic as the existing networks and systems accessible to anyone, anywhere. You can see a Webcast of Mr. Hunter's complete talk here. Rachael Schmeck Gartner Staff Back to Overview Disney Using IT to Keep the Magic Running The Ballmerang – Microsoft CEO Addresses Licensing, Pricing and Much More Michael Dell: Not Just a PC Company Anymore Fiorina: HP Is Well Positioned to Remain on Top Barrett: Technology Demand Will Continue to Grow For at Least a Decade Sun Still Shining Because “Cash is King” More... Dream Vacation Giveaway Winner Announced (i)Structure Takes ITxpo Best of Show Award Gartner Introduces ITxpo Marketplaces Measuring the Business Value of IT Spending War Games Scenario – Digital Pearl Harbor Worldcom’s Future and How It Affects the Enterprise More... Gartner Says That by 2007 the Number of Fortune Global 1000 Companies Not From the United States, Europe or Japan Will Triple Gartner Says 45 Percent of U.S. Adults Will Be Using E-Billing and Payment Applications by 2005 More...

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