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Pentagon Cyber-Command In the Works
An anonymous reader sends word of a new cybersecurity project to defend US networks from attacks and strengthen the government's "offensive capabilities in cyberwarfare." Right now, the most likely candidate to lead the project is the Director of the NSA, Keith Alexander, who was quick to assert that the NSA itself wouldn't try to run the whole show (something they've been criticized for in the past). Quoting the Wall Street Journal:
"Cyber defense is the Department of Homeland Security's responsibility, so the command would be charged with assisting that department's defense efforts. The relationship would be similar to the way Northern Command supports Homeland Security with rescue capabilities in natural disasters. The NSA, where much of the government's cybersecurity expertise is housed, established a similar relationship with Homeland Security through a cybersecurity initiative that the Bush administration began in its final year."
It wants its buzzword back. Please stop using "Cyber-". Thank you.
Let's form a committee and draw up a plan. Budget meeting tomorrow!
The other top contenders for the project is Cyberdyne Systems and a man calling himself "The Architect."
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Movies don't think.
Because we don't have a Tube Force?
I don't see us getting too much useful info from hacking into China/Russia.
We can go in there and get our information back!
They're going to have to classify your post. It's way too accurate.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is usually crucified.
"Network Operations" is actually used a lot at the actual operational level. It's just the Administrative policy making level (run mostly by people a decade or more 'over the hill')that gets wrapped up in buzzwords. Also: 'Cybercommand' will probably get more attention than 'Network Operations and Security Command' ... NetOpsSecCom maybe?
I'm rather surprised they haven't called it GloryHole. I mean between the bullshit with Senators in bathrooms, and this brouhaha of TeaBagging Obama, why not just simply call it what it is for Congressman to readily understand and be done with it.
Although personally I think the Pentagon's CloudCommand seems to be a fairly good choice as well, given when their not wearing ass-hats, they're certainly having them up in the clouds.
"The truth points to itself." - Kosh, Babylon5