http://fcw.com/articles/2010/04/07/navy-cyber-command-update.aspx By Amber Corrin FCW.com April 07, 2010 Fragile, antiquated networks and a departmental inability so far to fully grasp the idea of a network domain as battlespace are slowing establishment of formal military cyber operations. Still, concrete benchmarks of progress are close, with transformational capabilities expected as soon as this year, according to one senior Defense Department official. "We've begun to get our arms around the domain and the problem set, but anyone who thinks there's a quick fix for cyber defense is mistaken," said Vice Adm. Bernard McCullough, commander of the Navy Fleet Cyber Command. McCullough delivered an update on the command's progress at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on April 5. The military is "traditionally reactive and static, but we need to be proactive, dynamic and predictive," he said. He estimated his command will achieve what he terms a proactive defense stance by October this year, and have predictive capabilities by fiscal 2012. He did not elaborate on technological details of the new capabilities. In order to fully integrate cyber security and military operations in cyberspace, service members working in that domain must define a baseline, or "normal," landscape that accurately reflects when something is amiss -- and when defense is needed. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2010 - Dubai, the premier deep-knowledge network security event in the GCC, featuring keynote speakers John Viega and Matt Watchinski! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2010dxb/Received on Wed Apr 07 2010 - 22:19:22 PDT
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