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A password is repeating something you typed in the past to identify yourself in the future, but ill-intentioned actors can obtain these with increasing ease. Technology came to the rescue, sort of.

Cybersecurity leaks originate from insiders. Unchecked social computing can be the attacker's favorite means for data mining. From the standpoint of our enemies, acquiring easily accessible intelligence from inside sources can be simpler than whatever can be obtained by means of hard work to crack Defense Department barriers.

“We are at war.”

The third and final day of TechNet International 2005, AFCEA International's annual conference and exposition running May 17-19 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C., included topical panels and a small business opportunity workshop. But the day's big event was what has become an annual feature at the show-the J-6 panel. The dominant topic discussed in that panel was information assurance and security, but many other issues emerged during the session.

In the next conflict, mobile devices may be the only option for battlefield communication.