A provision of the fiscal 2012 national defense authorization bill says the military may conduct offensive cyberspace operations subject to the same principles the Defense Department uses for kinetic operations, including the law of armed conflict, and the War Powers Resolution....
The United States military has explicitly stated that it has the right to retaliate with military force against a cyber-attack. In a 12-page report sent to Congress, the Department of Defense (DoD) said the military can launch a physical attack in the case of a cyber-attack against its systems. Th...
A recent article in Foreign Policy magazine is a wake up call for companies who are unaware of a cyberwar being waged right under their noses. According to the author Joel Brenner, a retired intelligence official from the U.S. National Security Agency, criminals, hackers and terrorist groups a...
FORT MEADE, Md., Sept. 27, 2011 — Recognizing there’s no cookie-cutter formula for a “cyber warrior,” the outgoing chief of staff at U.S. Cyber Command said the strong, diverse capabilities already in place will provide the foundation for the military’s professional cyb...
As the chief security officer for Microsoft, Mike Howard has more than a passing interest in the things he sees on the nightly news. Whether it’s an uprising in the Middle East, the ongoing threat of terrorism or a natural disaster somewhere in the world, the former CIA officer is prepared for...
Is America at war in cyberspace? In the face of increasingly brazen cyber attacks against our country, the Obama administration established the first military command devoted to cyberspace, U.S. Cyber Command, in 2010. And the Pentagon has issued a new declaratory policy in which the United States a...
via the Camp Lejuene Globe War has been waged throughout history, and new tactics and technology emerge to provide an upper hand against one’s opposition. Unremitting innovations of one’s combative tools and elements are reactive and proactive measures that address the evolving wares and...
via Nextgov The Pentagon this fall expects to make permanent and expand a test program through which the Defense Department shared classified intelligence on cyber threats with select contractors to better secure commercial networks serving the military. The trial that ran from May 9 through Sept. 1...