Security news
ACM SIGSAC Review · 1987
What is a "secure system"?Apparently many people would like to know.The US National Security Agency has set up a task group to define a set of criteria for manufacturers and users, to simplify definition of the security features needed for a given circumstance.And, the ACM and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) have set up a working group to develop an Integrity Policy for Computer Information Systems.### From the ECHOES-SENTINEL, Somerset County, NJ, Sept. 17, 1987: GILLETTE RESIDENT IS ARRESTED AFTER SHOOTING HIS COMPUTER PASSAICTWP.--A Gillette man was arrested at his home last Thursday night after he fired eight bullets at his home computer, accordingtopolice.The man, Michael A. Case, 35, of 64 Summit Ave., was arrested shortly after 11 p.m., at his house, when police said they received a report that shotswere fired.They arrived atthe home to find a .44Magnum automatic handgun and a shot-up IBM personal computer with a Princeton Graphics System monitor.Case used hollow-point, or dum-dum, bullets... Case was surprised when police arrested him because he didn't think he was breaking the law, {police) said."He couldn't understand why he couldn't shoot his own computer in his own home,".