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The Pentagon Staffs up
From: Dave Aitel <dave () immunityinc com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:20:36 -0500
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/28/us/pentagon-to-beef-up-cybersecurity-force-to-counter-attacks.html?_r=0 Notably, they don't do all this staffing actually AT the Pentagon, where they'd get to fight every contractor already trying to staff up, and where people would get to enjoy the traffic. :> /As part of the expansion, officials said the Pentagon was planning three different forces under Cyber Command: "national mission forces" to protect computer systems that support the nation's power grid and critical infrastructure; "combat mission forces" to plan and execute attacks on adversaries; and "cyber protection forces" to secure the Pentagon's computer systems.// / It's interesting they're building a team to secure critical infrastructure before the groundwork has been laid legislatively to use that team. Also - everyone focuses on "how to recruit X number of people", but forgets that the Government doesn't really need huge farms of rock star hackers and in fact, they prefer not to have them. Good technologists who can work in a team are eminently findable and much more valuable. Realistically, their problem is more managerial than technical. This is a young field, and it's hard to find people who have the security experience and management know-how (and actually want to do management). Your basic Java program manager can't hack it (pun intended). But without that, you're going to be building the tools you need today, rather than the tools you'll need tomorrow. It's a fatal flaw in most cases. Literally, in this case. -dave -- INFILTRATE - the world's best offensive information security conference. April 2013 in Miami Beach www.infiltratecon.com
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