Rob Martin, manager of digital security services for British Petroleum (BP), is warning the public of attacks on the critical elements of the national infrastructure in the United Kingdom. Security chiefs at the oil company believe that with the boost of web-based systems, businesses are more at risk than ever before.

Manager of digital security services, Rob Martin believes that there is a generation of terrorists and criminals which have grown up on technology, and as a society we have become dependant on such technology. This dependence may eventually work against us. However, Martin believes BP is more likely to be affected by cybercrime than cyberterrorism, but the potential impact of terrorism would be much greater than that of cyerbcrime.

Senior vice president of managed security services for Symantec, Art Wong has noticed an increase in cyberattacks which seem to be politically motivated and mostly have been carried out for primarily for financial gain. Wong believes the problem is undoubtedly on the rise.

Alternately, Paul Simmonds, chief of information security at chemical giant Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) strongly believes that the entire situation has been blown out of proportion. He has said, "There's always a risk from cyberterrorism, especially to the national critical infrastructure- but there's a question of how real it is…" Simmonds hardly views cyberterrorism as a major threat today and doesn't see it as a priority.