http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/air-force-focusing-on-cyber-warfare-challenges-358573.html By John Nolan Staff Writer Dayton Daily News October 21, 2009 DAYTON - Add this to the complexities of cyber warfare: It may someday be difficult for the United States to attack an enemy in cyberspace without damaging a network that the U.S. military itself needs for its own electronic communications. That is one of many issues that the Air Force and sister services need to figure out as they define how to try to attack enemies and defend key U.S. computer networks in cyberspace where "battlespace management at the speed of light" may be necessary," Kenneth Percell, director of engineering at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., said Wednesday, Oct. 21. "How do I attack somebody else and not damage myself in the process?" Percell told a business audience at the InfoTech 2009 conference during a panel presentation on global vigilance. "Some of my packets might need to go through that router, wherever it is." Another challenge will be doing cyber casualty assessments, to determine which key network points may have been undermined by enemies, he said. According to one projection, electronic communications will have become so interdependent by 2030 that no one will be able to attack another in cyberspace without hurting themselves by damaging a network they will need, said Col. D. Scott George, commander of the National Air & Space Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. [...] ________________________________________ Did a friend send you this? From now on, be the first to find out! Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.orgReceived on Thu Oct 22 2009 - 01:10:04 PDT
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