Sunday, February 10, 2013

Post 014 – CYBR 650








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.  Other articles here: 


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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

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