Comments on: NSA Edges Out Others in Cyber Command Control

By: max1mos111

max1mos111 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:54:28 +0000

beeter IT security. Strike
better IT security.

By: Mystick

Mystick — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:27:17 +0000

I was under the impression that cyber-defense(and offense) was to be taken up by the Air Force. There was an announcement last year to that effect. They were drawing up units and everything.

By: Nik

Nik — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:31:33 +0000

For info, the two new UK “Cyber security” organisations are scheduled to be operational by end of March 2010 (“Cyber Security Strategy of the United Kingdom”, http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/media/216620/css0906.pdf, p20)

By: ReconTeam

ReconTeam — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:19:47 +0000

You rarely hear about the NSA, but considering the nature of their work, that is a good thing. I trust they can do this well if given the right support and authority.

By: Will

Will — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:40:29 +0000

Not only is tipover right to point out that $55B is lot of money by any standard, but to defend only the “100,000 DoD Networks and 5 million DoD computers against cyber attack” isn’t nearly enough. Bad guys can do an enourmous amount of damage by attacking only private sector networks & computers.

By: tipover

tipover — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:30:21 +0000

FTA: “the cost of cyber intelligence, defense and offensive capabilities are estimated to be around $55 billion annually.” and “One might say it is just a drop in the bucket of a 2009 DoD budget that topped $515 billion.“
Folks, that is more than 10% of the total DOD budget if the numbers are to believed.

By: James

James — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:18:04 +0000

The key here is offensive capabilities. Get that right and the defensive side can feed from it. This is what has prevented our successes in this area before.