Dept. of Defense to Announce Cybersecurity Command

[scryer_360]

[citation][nom]falchard[/nom]I think this is just a ploy to add restrictions on internet usage by the government. You would have to be a moron to have classified information on an open network.[/citation]
So long as the restrictions are only on government employees and programs, I have no problem with it. Its when they start adding restrictions to the rest of the net that it gets me.

 

[Draven35]

And keep in mind those small dollar value commitments from Australia etc, are buying a few aircraft (like five or six) for evaluation purposes because buying larger numbers.

 

[michaelahess]

Why not just let the NSA control all entry points to any government organization? Keep it in the hands of the best defenders in the US. Plus it would be cheaper to standardize this sort of thing.

Before you say we need diversity for security, I'm not against that, one agency can have many different approaches just managed under one entity.

 

[Shadow703793]

For some reason, this reminds me of StarWars (SDI) program during the Regan era.No idea why.

 

[rockerrb]

I think the NSA needs to take care of it all. They have the best technology.

 

[WINTERLORD]

it may cost a bit but they should really just launch there own internet satalites and have there own recvievers at every base/ship or run cables clear across united states and make regular defense a closed circuit internet.

""with top secret stuff and communication done via all one satilite wich would be in no way connected to the internet""

not even to open the world wide web browser. just closed circuit.

 

[Draven35]

Actually alot of the top secret stuff is done exactly that way. "classified" doesn't necessarily mean "Top Secret" as there are levels both below and above that

 

[neiroatopelcc]

[citation][nom]bungee91[/nom]Seems to me that there planning is a bit backwards!...To say something like "the U.S. Department of Defense’s most expensive weapons program to date" and then to have gaping security holes (as it sounds) after actually having data that needs to be secured seems just ridiculous to me![/citation]
As was said yesterday, it was a contractor that provided the security problem, not DoD itself. You can protect yourself against that, but it's a lot harder than if it was an inhouse unit.
Anyway, perhaps it's not so bad that they share their dirty secrets. It kinda gives a more equal power level when all know what the other has.

 

[asmith4626]

What!?! Only three stars on that General? I would expect 4 as a minimum. And, what a way to stage a need. Get your own people to hack in, steal stuff, no real loss. But creates the need, wags the dog, clever as they come. Never believe the surface rhetoric from Washington, etc....