Panetta Delivers Sharp
Warning about Cyber Attacks
SecDef: 'Cyber is now at a point where the technology is there
to cripple a country'
In a tough speech delivered on February 6, 2013, outgoing
Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta announced that the capabilities of
cyberattacks now were at the level that they could cripple the critical
infrastructure of an entire country.
What makes this disturbing is three things:
1) He among all the
officials in the U.S. Government would be in the best position to know what he
is talking about in this regard: He is
still the current Secretary of Defense, and has overseen the maturing of the
cyberwarfare capabilities of the U.S. Military.
He also was the head of the CIA prior to assuming the role of Secretary
of Defense after the departure of Robert Gates.
2) He is probably 100%
accurate in his assessment.
3) This represents a
previously unstated capability of cyberweapons by high-level U.S. Government
officials, though it has been suspected for at least two to three years.
All this confirms that
for me, I chose the right discipline to study and work for an M.S. in, and it
affirms that I am researching and writing about topics that are extremely
relevant to the national security of the United States.
In any case, I still 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.
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References.
Washington Free Becon.
(2013). Panetta Delivers Sharp Warning
about Cyber Attacks
SecDef: 'Cyber is now at a point where the technology is there
to cripple a country' An article
published at the Free Beacon on February 6, 2013. Retrieved from http://freebeacon.com/panetta-delivers-sharp-warning-about-cyber-attacks/
on February 7, 2013.
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
slater@billslater.com
williamslater@gmail.com
http://billslater.com/career
Chicago, IL
United States of America
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
slater@billslater.com
williamslater@gmail.com
http://billslater.com/career
Chicago, IL
United States of America
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