Firm aims to protect military from viruses

[William Knowles <wk () C4I ORG>]

http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cth934.htm

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - Describing battlefields where software
will be as important as fighter jets, officials with the company that
built the B-2 stealth bomber say they will develop defenses against
computer programs designed to disrupt military electronics.

''Unfortunately, in this era of increasing reliance on computers, and
particularly on links between computers, there are more and more
opportunities for conspirators to invade and corrupt systems,'' said
Kent Kresa, Northrop Grumman's chairman and chief executive officer.

Kresa made his comments Wednesday during the company's annual
stockholders meeting in Santa Monica.

He said the company's Logicon division in Herndon, Va., is working to
help the military detect intrusions and recover critical data in real
time - a concept called ''information resiliency.''

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