America’s critical infrastructure security response system is broken

The flap over the reported water utility hack in Illinois begs the question: Is the reporting system that the U.S. has set up to identify cyberattacks on critical infrastructure broken and in need of re-thinking?Since the year 2000, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has encouraged states and cities to establish so-called “Fusion Centers” to operate under local control and collect information from the likes of power companies and water utilities about incidents that might have national-security implications.To read this Network World report in full, see:
www.networkworld.com/news/2011/120111-scada-253659.html
www.computerworld.com.au/article/409094/america_critical_infrastructure_security_response_system_broken/
www.pcworld.com/article/245296/americas_critical_infrastructure_security_response_system_is_broken.html