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U.S. PENTAGON LOST 24,000 FILES IN CYBERATTACK
PanARMENIAN.Net
July 16, 2011 - 13:05 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A Pentagon official says some 24,000 Department
of Defense files were "lost" in March in a cyberattack on a military
contractor. It may be the most damaging breach the U.S. military has
seen, reports Mashable.
In a speech on the Pentagon's cyber strategy Deputy Defense Secretary
William J. Lynn didn't disclose what kind of files were stolen or
who took them.
The department relies on a huge system of networks more than 15,000
networks and 7 million computing devices around the world for its
military, intelligence and business operations.
"The department and the nation have vulnerabilities in cyberspace,"
a Defense report states. "Our reliance on cyberspace stands in stark
contrast to the inadequacy of our cybersecurity - the security of
the technologies that we use each day."
Foreign nations, foreign intelligence organizations and non-state
actors are working to exploit and disrupt the Department of Defense's
unclassified and classified networks, according to the report.
William Lynn outlined the Department of Defense's five strategies
for operating in cyberspace: treat cyberspace as an operational
domain to organize, train, and equip so that DoD can take full
advantage of cyberspace's potential, employ new defense operating
concepts to protect DoD networks and systems, partner with other
U.S. government departments and agencies and the private sector to
enable a whole-of-government cybersecurity strategy, build robust
relationships with U.S. allies and international partners to strengthen
collective cybersecurity, leverage the nation's ingenuity through an
exceptional cyber workforce and rapid technological innovation.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
July 16, 2011 - 13:05 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A Pentagon official says some 24,000 Department
of Defense files were "lost" in March in a cyberattack on a military
contractor. It may be the most damaging breach the U.S. military has
seen, reports Mashable.
In a speech on the Pentagon's cyber strategy Deputy Defense Secretary
William J. Lynn didn't disclose what kind of files were stolen or
who took them.
The department relies on a huge system of networks more than 15,000
networks and 7 million computing devices around the world for its
military, intelligence and business operations.
"The department and the nation have vulnerabilities in cyberspace,"
a Defense report states. "Our reliance on cyberspace stands in stark
contrast to the inadequacy of our cybersecurity - the security of
the technologies that we use each day."
Foreign nations, foreign intelligence organizations and non-state
actors are working to exploit and disrupt the Department of Defense's
unclassified and classified networks, according to the report.
William Lynn outlined the Department of Defense's five strategies
for operating in cyberspace: treat cyberspace as an operational
domain to organize, train, and equip so that DoD can take full
advantage of cyberspace's potential, employ new defense operating
concepts to protect DoD networks and systems, partner with other
U.S. government departments and agencies and the private sector to
enable a whole-of-government cybersecurity strategy, build robust
relationships with U.S. allies and international partners to strengthen
collective cybersecurity, leverage the nation's ingenuity through an
exceptional cyber workforce and rapid technological innovation.
From: A. Papazian