NU's 'Shields' Failed

To The Editor:

I agree 100 percent with Ara Trembly's “Technology Enabled” column in your April 15 edition (“In The High-Tech Battle To Protect IT Systems, Our Shields Are Failing,” page 49). However, the problem I have is with the “Star Trek” photo accompanying the column. It is incorrect given the scenario and caption used.

The picture shows the “Enterprise D,” which Capt. Kirk never commanded. In addition, during that timeline with the “Enterprise D,” the Federation and the Klingons [which Mr. Trembly had facing off in battle] were allies. His column's point [that firms are failing to adequately upgrade their data security systems to fend off hacker attacks] is well-taken, but the photo illustrating his Star Trek analogy shows the wrong Enterprise.

I hate to be a stickler for facts, but whether in written form–or, in this case, photo form–accuracy counts.

Roger Leonard, Jr.
Vice President
Leonard-O'Neill Insurance Group
Gibbsboro, N.J.

Editor's Note: The photo that accompanied Mr. Trembly's column was as much a surprise to him as it was to you–he did not see it before his editors put the column on the presses. As a “Treker” myself, I should have paid more attention to this matter. When we realized the mistake we'd made, we expected some sharp-eyed reader to call us out on this one, and you have certainly done so with Spock-like precision. Live long and prosper!

Reproduced from National Underwriter Property & Casualty/Risk & Benefits Management Edition, April 29, 2002. Copyright 2002 by The National Underwriter Company in the serial publication. All rights reserved.Copyright in this article as an independent work may be held by the author.

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