The top general responsible for protecting the U.S. military from cyber attack said Thursday that he doesn’t have the authority to defend all the country’s computers and infrastructure, such as power grids and telecommunications systems.”It is not my mission to defend — today — the entire nation,” Gen. Keith Alexander told the House Armed Services Committee. He simultaneously runs both the newly created Cyber Command as well as the National Security Agency.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/09/23/cyber.security.hearing/Also see:Cyberwar Chief Calls for Secure Computer Network
The new commander of the military’s cyberwarfare operations is advocating the creation of a separate, secure computer network to protect civilian government agencies and critical industries like the nation’s power grid against attacks mounted over the Internet.The officer, Gen. Keith B. Alexander, suggested that such a heavily restricted network would allow the government to impose greater protections for the nation’s vital, official on-line operations. General Alexander labeled the new network “a secure zone, a protected zone.” Others have nicknamed it “dot-secure.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/us/24cyber.htmlAn army of tech-savvy warriors has been fighting its battles in cyberspace
They were Air Force fighter pilots, Army rangers and Marine tank commanders. There was even a Navy fighter jet radar officer who had been taken prisoner during the Persian Gulf War.Warriors all.But in 1998 they fought in a different realm – their weapons bits and bytes, their foxholes temperature-controlled computer operations rooms. In the new battleground of cyberspace, they battled shadowy foes whose computer attacks were given names like Moonlight Maze and Titan Rain.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/23/AR2010092303000.htmlUS General Outlines Growth Plan For Cyber Command
The biggest challenge facing the nascent U.S. Cyber Command is growing and training its operational force to defend Defense Department networks from attack, the command’s top officer said Thursday.During a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee, Army Gen. Keith Alexander said Cyber Command is hoping to train around 1,000 troops annually over the next several years for the high-tech mission, CongressDaily reported.
http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/09/general-outlines-growth-plan-f.php
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100923_3850.php
