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US Cyber Command Wants Greater Attack Mentality

superglaze writes "Lieutenant General Robert J Elder, Jr, a senior figure in US Air Force Cyber Command (AFCYBER), has told ZDNet UK that communication issues are hampering the division's co-ordination. 'IT people set up traditional IT networks with the idea of making them secure to operate and defend,' said Elder. 'The traditional security approach is to put up barriers, like firewalls — it's a defense thing — but everyone in an operations network is also part of the [attack] force. We're trying to move away from clandestine operations. We're looking for real physics — a bigger bang resulting in collateral damage.'"

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  1. Re:Nope by Jack9 · · Score: 0, Troll

    NATO isn't the US, and the US isn't NATO. Pretending [NATO EXISTS WITHOUT THE US] and calling names won't change that, and won't make your personal attack any less of a sign that you know you're [right].

    Fixed.
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