One Major Event Away

Alarming quote from an interview with VeriSign's CEO, Stratton Sclavos in Sunday's SF Chronicle:

Sclavos: ... the stats (on online shopping) are way up again this year. Convenience, price and availability are winning out over security concerns. The question becomes, are we just one major event away from undermining all that confidence?

Q: And what would your answer be?

Sclavos: I think we probably are.