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To: Bill Ounce who wrote (92)	9/14/1999 9:52:00 AM
From: Bill Ounce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 198

Year 2000 Computer Remediation: Assessing Risk Levels in Foreign Outsourcing An often overlooked Y2K risk. sans.org Examining potential motives and capabilities-or means-of foreign countries to use Year 2000 remediation as an opportunity to exploit or attack US computer networks can assist in identifying countries more likely to be involved in these activities. Using reports of economic espionage as an index of motive and foreign involvement in information warfare initiatives as a measure of capability points to a tiered national risk structure with India and Israel as more likely sources of malicious remediation among leading US offshore remediation service providers. The extensive use of untested foreign providers for Year 2000 remediation requires comprehensive independent verification by trusted vendors that the new software is free of malicious code or trap doors to help insure the integrity of computer systems and networks. [...] Figure 3: Publicly-Identified Foreign Countries Involved in Economic Espionage, Information Warfare Initiatives, and US Y2K Remediation Country Economic Espionage Information Warfare Initiative Major Y2K Remediation Provider Bulgaria Yes* -- -- Canada Yes Yes -- Cuba Yes* Yes -- France Yes* Yes -- Germany Yes* Yes -- India Yes Yes Yes Iran Yes Yes -- Iraq Yes* Yes -- Ireland -- -- Yes Israel Yes* Yes Yes Japan Yes* -- -- Pakistan -- -- Yes Philippines -- -- Yes Russia Yes* Yes -- South Korea Yes -- -- Taiwan Yes* -- -- * Countries identified by NCS as using electronic intrusions, usually for economic espionage purposes.