Pentagon Preparing To Face The Rising Threat Of Cyberattacks

Lockheed Martin employees are seen at work in November of 2009 in the company's NexGen Cyber Innovation & Technology Center, which monitors internet threats, shortly after the facility opened, in Gaithersburg, Marylanda as seen in this Lockheed Martin handout photo released to Reuters on June 15, 2011. The Pentagon is about to roll out an expanded effort to safeguard its contractors from hackers and is building a virtual firing range in cyberspace to test new technologies, according to officials familiar with the plans, as a recent wave of cyber attacks boosts concerns about U.S. vulnerability to digital warfare. The twin efforts show how President Barack Obama's administration is racing on multiple fronts to plug the holes in U.S. cyber defenses. REUTERS/Eric Schulzinger/Lockheed Martin Corp/Handout

Top Pentagon Official Urges Cooperation In Face Of Rising Threat Of Cyberattacks -- Washington Post/AP

PARIS — A top Pentagon official has warned that cyber threats against governments and companies are growing and insists more cooperation is needed to defend against them.

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III says the cyber threat is moving up “a ladder of escalation”: from network intrusions to service disruptions to possible attacks on infrastructure that could cause physical damage and “even loss of life.”

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Pentagon tests virtual battlefield to fight cyber attacks -- Chicago Tribune
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