Entertainment IS Critical Infrastructure -- Who Knew?
I stand corrected. Yesterday, in my post about the new cyber-sanctions EO I made the point that it wouldn't apply to the Sony hack because Sony was not critical infrastructure. I was wrong, as several people, including our own Herb Lin, graciously pointed out.
I knew, of course, that Commercial Facilities, were a critical infrastructure sector. But who knew that the
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I stand corrected. Yesterday, in my post about the new cyber-sanctions EO I made the point that it wouldn't apply to the Sony hack because Sony was not critical infrastructure. I was wrong, as several people, including our own Herb Lin, graciously pointed out.
I knew, of course, that Commercial Facilities, were a critical infrastructure sector. But who knew that the Commercial Facilities Sector-Specific Plan included an entire Annex on the Entertainment and Media Subsector, explicitly including motion picture studios?? I didn't and I worked at DHS.
This strikes me as faintly ludicrous. America will not collapse if Hollywood is dark. If everything is critical, then nothing truly is critical.
Paul Rosenzweig is the founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC, a homeland security consulting company and a Senior Advisor to The Chertoff Group. Mr. Rosenzweig formerly served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy in the Department of Homeland Security. He is a Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University, a Senior Fellow in the Tech, Law & Security program at American University, and a Board Member of the Journal of National Security Law and Policy.
