324 ◾ Information Security Management Handbook
War, film had to be transported back to the United States. With the changes in technology by the
time of the Gulf War, news information about the war came to US viewers in real time. Now with
the global Internet, the speed at which information is available through Facebook, Twitter, and
even the ubiquitous web page, every Internet user has the ability to send out a message aligned
with their particular cause or complaint of the day in minutes, if not seconds.
ese changes in information delivery and availability make it easier for information secu-
rity professionals, researchers, and the general public to get access to the information they need,
whether it be data on the latest software vulne