Saturday, August 28, 2010

Steps The U.S. Government Is Taking To Protect The Internet And National Security

Defending The Internet: National Security v. Big Brother -- PC World

In the wake of revelations that the US military network was compromised in 2008, and that US digital interests are under a relative constant threat of attack, the Pentagon is establishing new cyber security initiatives to protect the Internet. The Pentagon strategy--which is part digital NATO, part digital civil defense, and part Big Brother--may ruffle some feathers and raise concerns that the US Internet is becoming a military police state.

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More News On Cyber Defense/Attacks

U.S. military wants to exert influence over private cyber infrastructure -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Inside look at Pentagon's cyberdefense strategy: The battlefield beyond bad flash drives -- CNN
US needs to focus on superior technology: Report -- Economic Times
Cyber Attacks Againts US Military Computers Increase Sharply -- Voice of America
Pentagon computer networks attacked by foreign hacker in 'most significant breach ever' -- The Daily Mail
Defense Department Computers Attacked Via Flash Drive -- PC Magazine
Pentagon breached by foreign hacker -- The Telegraph
This Week at War: Their Own (The Pentagon's) Private Internet -- Foreign Policy

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