Bad Advice: U.S. Urged to Go On Offense in Cyber War

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

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Via The Washington Times (UPI).

[snip]

The United States needs to do more to develop an offensive cyberwar
capability rather than just focus on defending its networks from attack,
says the chairman of the House cybersecurity subcommittee.

"The best defense is a good offense and an offensive [cyberwar] capability
is essential to our national defense," Rep. Jim Langevin told United Press
International, calling it "a necessary deterrent."

"Warfare is forever changed. ... Never again will we see major warfare
without a strong cyber component executed as part of it," the Rhode Island
Democrat added, citing the assault on Georgian government Web sites that
accompanied Russia's invasion last month.

Mr. Langevin, chairman of the House Homeland Security subcommittee on
emerging threats, cybersecurity and science and technology and a member of
the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, also called on the
White House to declassify much more of its Comprehensive National
Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) and said the Department of Homeland
Security should be stripped of its lead role in defending the nation's
computer networks.

His call for a more robust offensive capacity in cyberwarfare highlights an
ongoing debate in government about how best to address the complex
challenges posed by U.S. dependence on the Internet and other computer
networks - a vulnerability that the nation's enemies could exploit.

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The hilarity ensures here:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/29/us-urged-to-go-on-offense-i
n-cyberwar/

- - ferg

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