Personnel work at the Air Force Space Command Network Operations and Security Center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado. REUTERS / Rick Wilking
Why The United States Can’t Win A Cyberwar -- Fred Kaplan, Slate
And our political leaders need to understand this—fast.
Sen. John McCain rarely ceases to boggle the mind. He did it again today, highlighting a provision that he inserted in the defense authorization bill requiring U.S. Cyber Command “to provide a strategy for the development and deployment of offensive cyber capabilities.”
“I am very concerned,” he stated, “that our strategy is too reliant on defensive measures in cyber space, and believe we need to develop the capability to go on the offense as well … I believe that cyber warfare will be the key battlefield of the 21st century, and I am concerned about our ability to fight and win in this new domain.”
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My Comment: Fred Kaplan is right. Our society is too dependent on this technology. Unlike our foes .... everything .... and I mean everything .... is now dependent on computer networks running smoothly. Any disruption .... it will harm us seriously. In a place like Iran, North Korea, etc. .... not so much.
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