What a WWII battle can teach about cybersecurity

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http://fcw.com/articles/2012/03/09/cyber-warfare-lessons-world-war-ii-battle-of-atlantic.aspx

By Amber Corrin
FCW.com
March 09, 2012

The Battle of the Atlantic was World War II’s longest military campaign 
and centered on U.S. merchant ships and German U-boats, but there are 
lessons from that battle that are applicable to the Defense Department’s 
enterprise approach to cyber warfare, according to the Defense 
Information Systems Agency’s second-in-command.

“Early on in the Battle of the Atlantic in 1942, you had a battle space 
that was spread out over a very extensive area, and you had an 
asymmetric force element in the U-boats that were able to take great 
advantage of that large battle space,” said Rear Adm. David Simpson, 
DISA vice director. “In many respects, in cyber that’s where we’re at 
today -- we’ve got a very broad battle space that constitutes DOD’s 
cyberspace, surrounded by a broader, expanding Internet.”

Simpson spoke March 9 at an event sponsored by AFCEA’s Northern Virginia 
chapter.

Today, the cyber adversary has an advantage in technology that often 
evolves faster than defensive action. But, Simpson said, an enterprise 
approach can better forge a collective defense that covers more ground 
in cyberspace -- like U.S. convoys did in the Battle of the Atlantic, a 
plan that turned the tide in favor of the Allies.

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