http://www.metimes.com/Security/2008/09/29/analysis_us_needs_cyber-offensive/c17b/ By SHAUN WATERMAN UPI Homeland and National Security Editor September 29, 2008 WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The United States needs to do more to develop an offensive cyberwar capability, rather than just focus on defending its networks from attack, says the chairman of the House Cybersecurity Subcommittee. "The best defense is a good offense, and an offensive (cyberwar) capability is essential to our national defense," Rep. James Langevin, D-R.I., told United Press International last week, calling it "a necessary deterrent." "Warfare is forever changed … never again will we see major warfare without a strong cyber-component executed as part of it," he added, citing as proof the assault on Georgian government Web sites that accompanied the Russian invasion there last month. Langevin, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity and Science and Technology, and a member of the House Intelligence Committee, also called on the White House to declassify much more of its Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, or CNCI, and said the Department of Homeland Security should be stripped of its lead role in defending the nation's computer networks. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/Received on Wed Oct 01 2008 - 02:05:05 PDT
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