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Since I wrote my fist post on the virus affecting the drone fleet at Creech Air Force base, information has begun to trickle in and some interesting commentary has emerged. The Air Force has followed their official press release stating that the virus, which they say was a credential stealer, was merely a nuisance with a statement by General Robert Kehler, head of U.S. Strategic Command, which oversees Cyber Command. Gen. Kehler confirmed that the … [Read more...]
The USGIF will facilitate the Geoint Symposium 16-19 October 2011 in San Antonio Texas. According to the site at geoint2011: USGIF Announces First Keynote Speakers for GEOINT 2011 Symposium Confirming their participation in GEOINT 2011 are Gen. Keith B. Alexander, U.S. Army, commander, U.S. Cyber Command and director, National Security Agency (NSA); Bruce Carlson, director, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO); the Honorable James R. Clapper Jr., … [Read more...]
DoD has announced Cyber Command has achieved full operational capability, marking another point along DoD's path to be better able to defend internal networks and computers and perhaps better able to serve in defense of other federal departments and one day parts of our civilian infrastructure. The press release is below: Cyber Command Achieves Full Operational Capability Department of Defense announced today that U.S. Cyber Command has achieved … [Read more...]
As a watcher of DoD cyber defense and cyber operations actions I've formed several opinions that might have actually turned into a form of anchoring bias. So please take this with a grain of salt, but here is my general sense of how the US Military Services have been doing in their pursuit of cyber capabilities: a) The US Air Force is frequently the Service that comes to mind when talking about military cyber. This is mostly due to an investment in … [Read more...]