Cyber Defense
We are hit with cyber attacks many times daily and we're working, in one way or another, to negate the potential impact of such attacks.
The Administration is, at this point, thinking that it wants the civilian and military efforts in this regard to be kept separate from each other. That seems to be the politically correct approach but I believe that it leaves us exposed when that wouldn't be necessary. The military has been working on both cyber offensive and defensive warfare measures for years. The Russians and the Chinese have been doing so, as well.
We will severely hurt our efforts if we forbid the civilian and the military counterparts to work jointly.
Cyber attacks can be aimed at our economic well-being, and they can be aimed at our institutions and thus our psychological well-being, and they can be aimed at our infrastructure thus affecting our physical well-being. We have had attacks aimed at penetrating the systems that drive the stock markets. We have had attacks that aimed to cripple our electrical grid system. We have had attacks that are aimed to penetrate our defense systems for nefarious purposes.
It seems that all these are intertwined and that the importance of any should not be placed above the importance of any other; if we suffer a catastrophic attack on any of these, we will, effectively, be crippled.
Given the absolute necessity of protecting our cyber security, we shouldn't be worrying about political appearances. We shouldn't be detracted from an all out and coordinated effort to get on top of all the issues in this area.
Political correctness has no place in this arena, and to insert it is to do damage to our country. This is every bit as important as was the protection of Pearl Harbor, and we should've taken a lesson from that failure sufficient to last us through several lifetimes.
The Administration is, at this point, thinking that it wants the civilian and military efforts in this regard to be kept separate from each other. That seems to be the politically correct approach but I believe that it leaves us exposed when that wouldn't be necessary. The military has been working on both cyber offensive and defensive warfare measures for years. The Russians and the Chinese have been doing so, as well.
We will severely hurt our efforts if we forbid the civilian and the military counterparts to work jointly.
Cyber attacks can be aimed at our economic well-being, and they can be aimed at our institutions and thus our psychological well-being, and they can be aimed at our infrastructure thus affecting our physical well-being. We have had attacks aimed at penetrating the systems that drive the stock markets. We have had attacks that aimed to cripple our electrical grid system. We have had attacks that are aimed to penetrate our defense systems for nefarious purposes.
It seems that all these are intertwined and that the importance of any should not be placed above the importance of any other; if we suffer a catastrophic attack on any of these, we will, effectively, be crippled.
Given the absolute necessity of protecting our cyber security, we shouldn't be worrying about political appearances. We shouldn't be detracted from an all out and coordinated effort to get on top of all the issues in this area.
Political correctness has no place in this arena, and to insert it is to do damage to our country. This is every bit as important as was the protection of Pearl Harbor, and we should've taken a lesson from that failure sufficient to last us through several lifetimes.
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