Posted on 07/14/2011 12:15:50 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
The Pentagon released a long-promised cybersecurity plan Thursday that declares the Internet a domain of war.
The plan notably does not spell out how the U.S. military would use the Web for offensive strikes.
The Defense Department’s first-ever plan for cyberspace calls on the DoD to expand its ability to thwart attacks from other nations and groups, beef up its cyber workforce and expand collaboration with the private sector.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Now what does the UN do?
I have long advocated for a “NORAD” like capability that allows the signals intelligence gathering for the detection of hostile internet recon and action. In fact, I tried to get the NSA interested in the idea back in 2001 but was rebuffed by the NSA legal department.
This smacks of our big brother govt enacting a mechanism to shut the Internet down.
OooooOOOooOOoo. More gubment jobs. Yippee!
Just imagine the porn withdrawal for many Americans.
No Facebook? I mean, would you even want to live?
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“The department and the nation have vulnerabilities in cyberspace,” the document states. “Our reliance on cyberspace stands in stark contrast to the inadequacy of our cybersecurity.”
Q: What is the name of the largest, conventional, internet weapon?
A: The Mother of all Beavers.
“all your bases is ours”, screw the OIC’s UN.
The rest of the world is thinking the are clever, time to call Israel!
in other words, they will shutdown the net, ie: cut communications, when they see fit
yea... this won’t be abused
DoD, contractors and reseachers should have thier own secure network.
The military considers their network a “Weapons System”, in that unauthorized use may be considered a threat, and informatoin gathered could be used to create a loss of life situation. There are separate networks for ‘Secure’ and ‘non-secure’; with firewalls installed. How well they work - well, that is a topic for another discussion.
But, the internet at large; is the source of many attempts to gather intelligence from govermental agencies. Many attacks are from China, and other ‘unfriendly’ countries; as well as many American citizens who wish to make a ‘statement’. As these attacks are anonymous and regularily concentrated on specific targets; doesn’t this conclusion seem the only logical conclusion you can make?
Not every Afghan wants to kill our soldiers. There are some Afghans that are very happy to see us, and realize the potential that is available to them. However, mixed in the crowd are the terrorists, almost indisquishable from the ‘friendlies’ - hence, the term for Afghanistan is ‘war zone’; just like the internet.
Make sense?
Many contractors NEED access to both the military side, as well as the consumer side, to do their jobs. Take logistics, for example.
Some programs use common components (resistors, transistors, capacitors, diodes, nuts, screws, belts, fuses, ad nauseum). How do you see what you need from the Military side, and then research on who can either supply, or make that product without hitting Google (Yahoo, Bing, Dogpile, et. al) and then contacting a company website, if you are tied to a private, secure network? A private, secure network is great for talking to each other; but you can't use it to talk to anyone off the network.
KVM switch I have one on my deck right now, hit a button and my monitor, keyboard and mouse are all connected to a different computor. One could be on the secure net and the other could be on the internet. One possible solution out of many possible solutions to the problem you offer.
So, double the IT workload, and remove the ability to cut/paste from one datasheet to another?
Just means that there will be more intensive firewalls - we are almost secure to the point of non-functionality where I work.
Heard on TeeVee,...either Fox or CNBC that a Foreign Country stole several thousand documents from the Pentagon via internet hacking...looking for detail now.
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