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White House encryption strategy would cost $35B
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Gillogly)
Wed Apr 1 16:21:52 1998
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 98 09:37:33 PST
From: jim@mentat.com (Jim Gillogly)
To: cryptography@c2.net
The Economic Strategy Institute calculates that the White House strategy
for dealing with crypto would cost at least $35 billion over the next
five years, according to an article by Rory J. O'Connor in the San Jose
Mercury News (http://www.sjmercury.com/business/center/encrypt040198.htm).
Erik R. Olbeter, the report's main author, says this is the first
systematic calculation of the costs by an organization outside the
high-tech industry. The study takes into account both direct losses
to the industry and indirect losses, e.g. companies that don't take
advantage of lower-cost networking options because of security
concerns.
Jim Gillogly
10 Astron S.R. 1998, 17:45
12.19.5.1.0, 6 Ahau 18 Cumku, Second Lord of Night
