Cyberwarfare May Be A Bust For Many Defense Contractors -- Forbes
As federal spending on national security has leveled off in recent years, big defense contractors have worked hard to secure a role in one of the few market segments expected to keep growing: cyberwarfare. It’s a relatively new field where the terminology hasn’t stabilized yet, but for the purposes of this posting, cyberwarfare means three things: attacking enemy networks, exploiting enemy information flows, and defending friendly networks. Most of the money Washington is currently spending on cyberwarfare goes to the latter activity — securing friendly networks — but offensive activities seem to be growing faster over time. They’re really just different sides of the same coin, since it’s hard to be good at defending computer networks if you don’t have a thorough understanding of how to attack them.
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Cyberwarfare rules included in Defense bill -- Federal News Radio
Syria's Facebook Wars -- Fast Company
North Korea's Cyber Army Gets Increasingly Sophisticated -- FOX News
Fox: N. Korea has 30,000 Cyber Warfare Specialists -- Arirang
Information Warfare: Military Camp 144 -- Strategy Page
Secrets surface about North Korea's cyberwar college -- MSNBC
Information Warfare: Pyongyang Automation University Versus The World -- Strategy Page
North Korea Accused of Cyber Terror -- Techland/Time
Secrets Surface About North Korea's Cyberwar College -- Security News Daily
Enter Unit 8200: Israel arms for cyberwar -- UPI
Report: U.S. Is Hyping Threat Of Cyber War -- Threat Post
Cyberwar Hype Comes Under Increasing Scrutiny -- Forbes
Cyber war threat inflated, says paper -- Fierce Government IT
Are we talking "cyber war" like the Bush admin talked WMDs? -- ars technica
Cyber superiority requires intelligence edge -- Defense Systems
Gearing up for cyber-warfare -- Gulf News
EU and US agree to run joint cyberwar exercise in 2011 -- The Register
Air Force cyber warfare unit gaining new commander -- Business Journal
Cyberwar Is Harder Than It Looks -- Reason
Computer virus as bad as A-bombs dropped on Japan? -- WND
US Decides That If There's No Real Cyberwar, It Might Just Escalate Hack Attacks Into A Real War -- Techdirt
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