New Military Command for Cyberspace

[arcadian]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/technology/24cyber.html?_r=1

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Tuesday ordered the creation of the military’s first headquarters designed to coordinate Pentagon efforts in the emerging battlefield of cyberspace and computer-network security, officials said.

Pentagon officials said Mr. Gates intends to nominate Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander, currently director of the National Security Agency, for a fourth star and to take on the top job at the new organization, to be called Cybercom.

The new command’s mission will be to coordinate the day-to-day operation — and protection — of military and Pentagon computer networks. Currently, the Defense Department operates 15,000 separate computer networks and more than seven million individual computers or information-technology devices, officials said.

The Obama administration has undertaken significant efforts to protect the nation from cyberattack and prepare for potential offensive operations against adversary computer networks. The first step was creating a position of White House director for cybersecurity issues.

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[arcadian]

1. I can't believe nobody is interested in this.

kick for more visibility

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. They have been doing this for YEARS since oh DARPA first took its first breath

they are just formalizing it.

In fact, AF is usually in charge of this shit at DOD in DC. Each command also has standards on cyber security and other stuff.

This is truly no news.

[arcadian]

3. Gee, thanks for telling us what IS and IS NOT news.

The New York Times doesn't share your sentiments.

:eyes:

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. I know they don't, because formalizing it is exactly that, formalizing it

but they have been at this shit for decades.

Those in the ahem know, realize this.

Or those of us who are geek enough to understand it.

When they enacted Echellon that was truly news... but this is news only as it formalizes SOP

By the way Echellon is still ongoing, was done by Clinton, not Bush and nobody knows what the fuck I am talking about

[arcadian]

5. Are you being for real?

Of course I know all about this. I follow this. That's why I posted this. My office looks like something straight out of The Intelligence Officer's Bookshelf.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. THen it is two of us who know about it

ask the rest of DU. Go ahead, run a poll. I dare you, serious. Ask how many people know what Echellon is?

[arcadian]

8. I think a lot of DUers know about ECHELON

I've seen it discussed here many, many, many times.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

7. Big Brother! UKUSA!

Rah rah! :puke:

Head of the NSA to captain it... *sigh*