Post 012 - CYBR 650

'Cyber 9/11' may be on horizon, Homeland Security chief warns.

Senior Leadership at the National Command level authorities now think a massive cyberattack is now imminent.

Warfare in the Fifth dimension.

Considering the source of this information was DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, I think all Americans should be concerned. I am.

Between the December 2012 five-year extension of the bill for warrantless wiretapping, the Internet Kill Switch announcement of 2012, and the activation of the (top secret) President Policy Directive 20 on Novermber 14, 2012, many of the pieces are in place for the U.S. to engage in a full-fledged cyberwar.  What should get everyone's attention however, is the high-level stature that is the source of this January 24, 2013 announcement.  DHS Secretary is responsible for all the cybersecurity in the U.S. government except the military branches that are protected by U.S. Cyber Command.

My own opinion about cyberwarfare and our national leadership is that our national leaders (whom I implicitly trust to comprehend the challenges and do the right things) need to include cyberwarfare and cyberdeterrence in national unambiguous public policy. To do less than this puts the country at greater risk of an all out cyberwar that could have unintended consequences.

In any case, I believe that 2013 will be one of the most interesting years in our country's 237-year history.

I have been researching and writing about Cyberwar and Cyberwarfare for 18 months.  It is a topic in which I have a strong interest.  Other articles here:  http://billslater.com/writing

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References.

Kerr, D.  (2013).  'Cyber 9/11' may be on horizon, Homeland Security chief warns.  An article published at CNET on January 24, 2013.  Retrieved from http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57565763-83/cyber-9-11-may-be-on-horizon-homeland-security-chief-warns/  on January 26, 2013.

Turzanski, E. and Husick, L. (2012). “Why Cyber Pearl Harbor Won't Be Like Pearl Harbor At All...” A webinar presentation held by the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) on October 24, 2012. Retrieved from http://www.fpri.org/multimedia/2012/20121024.webinar.cyberwar.html on October 25, 2012.

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William Favre Slater, III
MBA, M.S., PMP, CISSP, SSCP, CISA, ISO 27002, ISO 20000, ITIL v3, Cloud Computing Foundation
Project Manager / Program Manager
CYBR 650 Blog: http://cybr650.blogspot.com
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