As the military and US government rely more heavily on custom-built applications for communications and management, they also become more vulnerable to cyber attacks. Worse, according to the Dept. of Homeland Security, the number of attacks on custom-built applications is doubling every year. Learn about critical threats, methods that military and civilian agencies can use to deal with cyber attacks and technologies that improve security for custom-built applications.
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M 25Y 85M 55Y 100C 23K 63The Silent Battlefield:America's Alarming Vulnerability to Cyber Attack
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Table of Contents
3 The Threat6 The Challenge8 Technological Responses to Attacks10 An Effective Technological Countermeasure11 Technology Is Not Enough: Awareness Is Paramount11 About Fortify
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M 25Y 85M 55Y 10T0 he ThreatC 23K 63Browse a news Web site or open a newspaper and every day headlines proclaim the threat of cyber attack on the United States:. A single attack in the summer of 2007 disabled a reported 1,500 Pentagon computers.. According to the Pentagon, the Defense Department detects 3 million unauthorized "scans"-or attempts by would-be intruders to access official networks-on its computers There's also the real 1every day . possibility that a . Experts claim China, North Korea and others are escalating their use of cyber warfare cyber attack could techniques and are actively training new hackers.disable defense . A recent coordinated attack on Estonia's cyber infrastructure was thought by some to command systems, be the result of a disagreement with Russia and was termed "Web War I" by Estonia's bring down power Deputy Minister of Defense.grids, open dam . A 2007 Defense Department report to Congress states that the Chinese Army sees floodgates, paralyze computer network operations "as critical to achieving 'electromagnetic dominance'."communications . Cleaning up cyber attacks on the National Defense University, Naval War College and and transportation, Fort Hood each cost $20 to $30 million.create mass . In 2007, reports confirmed that attacks emanating from the Chinese military had confusion and penetrated the Pentagon, the German Chancellery and England's Whitehall.hysteria: Any or all The problem is only growing.of which could be An increased reliance on computers for communication and management makes the U.S. the precursor to government ever more vulnerable to cyber attacks.land, sea and air What is the goal of these attacks? Any attack can have serious and expensive results, whether conventional and it be targeted toward individuals, small businesses or corporations. Intellectual property can be nuclear military compromised, personal and business information can be stolen, normal business operations attacks. can be disrupted and major financial losses can occur.More seriously, attacks on the U.S. Government carry the increased threat of the theft of government and military secrets. There's also the real possibility that a cyber attack could disable defense command systems, bring down power grids, open dam floodgates, paralyze communications and transportation, create mass confusion and hysteria: Any or all of which could be the precursor to land, sea and air conventional and nuclear military attacks.Whatever the origin or method of attack, the rate of attack is growing fast. The Department of Defense has seen a 46 percent increase in attacks on its Web site since 2005, and the Department of Homeland Security received 37,000 reports of attempted breaches on government and private systems in fiscal year 2007, up 54 percent from 24,000 in 2006.
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M 25Y 85The Danger of Unpreparedness and ComplacencyM 55Y 100Unfortunately, in both the private and public sectors, unpreparedness and naiveté have enabled C 23K 63cyber attackers to score major wins. Hundreds of millions of dollars to cleanup cyber attacks on American military bases and institutions already have cost the American taxpayer.In other cases, the ultimate costs of the attacks are still to be discovered. In May 2005, the Air Force Assignment Management System (AMS) was hacked. AMS, an online program used for assignment preferences and career management, contains career information on officers and enlisted Airmen, as well as personal information, such as birth dates and Social Security The only answer is numbers. In all, 33,000 personnel records were downloaded. This breach w... [download for more]
