The U.S. Government is planning to establish a new command to counter cybercrime
The U.S. are about to establish a new cyber-defense command in the near future, as has been announced by various sources citing officials from the U.S. President’s administration.
U.S. officials are worried about the increasing number of intrusions into federal and military computer networks. Concerns over cyber security have been underlined by the reported breaches of the U.S. electricity grid and of networks used by aerospace contractors building the Pentagon’s most expensive F-35, a 5th generation fighter jet. The computer networks of the New York Police department (NYPD) are subject to nearly 70 000 cyber attacks daily. Last year, several thousand computers in the Defense Department were infected by malicious software, prompting the military to ban troops and civilian staff from using external memory devices and thumb drives.
The new “cyber command” is a part of a comprehensive program aimed at upgrading the existing network security policies. The command is designed to wage digital warfare and to bolster defenses against increasing threats to federal and military computer networks. It will operate under U.S. Strategic Command and be supervised by the National Security Agency director.
U.S. officials have said repeatedly that the security of network infrastructure has to be propped, and urgent measures against hacker intrusions need to be taken. China is considered one of the potential threats to U.S. cyber security. The U.S. military is convinced that China has built up a sophisticated cyber warfare program and that a spate of intrusions in the United States and other countries can be traced back to Chinese sources.
The U.S. President has promised privacy rights would be carefully safeguarded even as the government moves one step up in order to protect sensitive civilian and military networks.
The command will begin operating in October 2009 and be fully operational in October 2010.
Source: compulenta.ru
The new “cyber command” is a part of a comprehensive program aimed at upgrading the existing network security policies. The command is designed to wage digital warfare and to bolster defenses against increasing threats to federal and military computer networks. It will operate under U.S. Strategic Command and be supervised by the National Security Agency director.
U.S. officials have said repeatedly that the security of network infrastructure has to be propped, and urgent measures against hacker intrusions need to be taken. China is considered one of the potential threats to U.S. cyber security. The U.S. military is convinced that China has built up a sophisticated cyber warfare program and that a spate of intrusions in the United States and other countries can be traced back to Chinese sources.
The U.S. President has promised privacy rights would be carefully safeguarded even as the government moves one step up in order to protect sensitive civilian and military networks.
The command will begin operating in October 2009 and be fully operational in October 2010.
Source: compulenta.ru
