No, it wasn't 60 minutes... it was just 3 minutes... on Denver's TV2, "the Deuce". I was invited for an interview on Nina Sparano's INTERNET CAFE to talk about what the department of homeland security is up to to protect cyber-space.
It isn't possible (or even appropriate) to go into deep technical detail on a TV session for a general audience. So I gave a quick overview of the problem of DNS hijacking. Homeland Security has been really concerned that the fundamental layers of the internet are vulnerable to attack (BGP & DNS being the 2 chief interests). The fact is, you can put up all the firewalls, IPS and other protections on your web or email, but they won't do any good if people don't even get to you because your domain has been hijacked.
So I gave a quick overview of the problem: What it is, what happens, why it is so bad... Then a brief bit on the security extensions DNSSEC that the DHS has been helping to fund and promote. Finally, who's deploying it (.gov is the poster child, as well as .org and others) and how it will roll out over the next couple of years.
It was fun, and seemed to go well. And it really makes you think when you have to delete all the techno-babble and boil the conversation down into the fundamental questions and motivations and priorities. Maybe this is an exercise for any technical pundit to do now and then. Talk technology without going into the technology details. See if it plays in Peoria. Or Denver.
Here's TV2's blog on the story.
Hi, Joe. And congratulations! A TV star!
I didn't know of any other way to get in touch with you, so I'm just "borrowing" your notoriety to check in on marketing positions you may know about in the Denver/Boulder area. I know, I know, this is so mercenary, but...
Take care and many encores.
Carolyn Soberalske Cotten
Posted by: Carolyn Soberalske Cotten | September 02, 2009 at 11:22 AM