The Evolving, Ever-present Cybersecurity Threat
The cyberthreat to the natural gas infrastructure is just a brushstroke in a bigger picture of an ongoing and evolving cybersecurity threat to the government and the nation, according to Greg Wilshusen, director of information security issues with the Government Accountability Office.
Joint Information Enterprise Rocks
The U.S. Defense Department's Joint Information Enterprise (JIE) will be built on "five big rocks," according to the assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Vice Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., USN, told the audience at the AFCEA NOVA Naval IT Day that big rocks must serve as the foundation so that little rocks can be implemented atop them.
Corruption Could Cloud Afghanistan's Future
The situation in Afghanistan is good but not great, and corruption is the biggest problem facing the nation, according to Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan Jr., USMC. The corruption comes in two forms: the parasitic type found in the central government and the predatory corruption found in the military and police forces, especially the Afghan National Police.
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DISA:
The sun never sets on the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), especially with regard to its efforts to network the warfighter. The agency has been providing the means for the military to advance its communications and information systems to the point where individual warfighters are about to become nodes in the network. Today, DISA faces a host of challenges as it addresses new military communications requirements amid an information technology revolution.
FUTURE WARFIGHTING:
The past decade has seen one of the most significant shifts in warfighting doctrine and technology. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that followed the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were the stages for new types of warfare that now proved their worth on the battlefield. Modern technology-based militaries can expect to find themselves facing adversaries that adopt their own means of defining the arena of war. Similarly, conventional forces are gearing up to take advantage of new capabilities to deter or counter future aggressors.
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