Computer network experts test security at Montana conference

Brad Smith, director of the Helena-based Computer Institute of the Rockies, says there’s a global war going on every day, though most of us are completely unaware of it.

That’s because it doesn’t involve bullets or bombs or even uniformed armies. But combatants from all corners of the globe are constantly on the attack — a cyber attack that is — on the information systems of our governments, military, corporations and private individuals.

"Computer security gets a D-minus in America," Smith said. "We really don’t get security in this country."

By JOHN S. ADAMS Tribune capitol bureau

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