Sorry about the short post today.  As the day went forward I just started realizing that it was another slow day as far as noteworthy news goes, so I through this together so you’d have something to read at least.

The Air Force Cyber Command was being developed under the idea that the calling of the Air Force was to command the air, space, and now cyberspace.  They were going to be there to defend our freedoms on the internet, and attack those who would harm those freedoms.  How?  Well, they weren’t exactly sure of that.  Thus, the Air Force Cyber Command is about to be suspended before any more resources and man power go into a project that no one in the military is quite sure how to get working.  I’m personally not sure that it’s a good idea to abandon this project right now.

The future of warfare is going to involve the internet.  There will be cyber attacks coinciding with bombing runs, D.D.O.S. attacks along side invasions.  If we really want to defend ourselves we are going to need people who are trained in cyber warfare and know how to combat it.  Right now we’re seeing an example of this with the D.D.O.S. attacks against Georgian government websites that forced them to move temporarily to a Blogspot account.  It’s clear already that this is going to be something we’ll have to defend ourselves from, especially if we’re attacked by a country that has more of an internet infrastructure than Iraq.  We don’t have to imagine the trouble that would cause, because we’ve just witnessed it overseas. 

It’s not like it would be hard for the government to find hackers to take up this cause.  Hit up Defcon next year, just say that you’ll pay for computers to their specifications and that all they have to do is make sure that other hackers can’t attack them.  Put some stripes on their shoulder, give them an office, and let ‘em fly.

Posted by Wes Mueller on 08/13 at 12:44 PM  •   •  permalink