I gather from the stories in the press about enhancing cyber capabilities that the military is looking for more money to do their part in cyberwar. I wish we knew what they were planning on doing for that money.
Most of my experience with the military aspects of cyber was less than gratifying. At the extremes, it is can be attempts to get into the civilian infrastructure of our country - where the military has no business. They can't take care of their own infrastructure and they somehow think they can take care of the rest of the country. One of the things they need to do with that money is get NIPRNET and SIPRNET cleaned up and managed properly. Those in the military know what I'm talking about.
There was a political sparkler waved about years after the Congress had decided the military should not be involved in security of any networks except their own. The shining light was waived by CyberCommand which was going to help out our country's national security by saving the telecoms from themselves. Last I heard, they didn't want or necessarily need any help doing that. It doesn't stop those guys from trying anyway. They would be better served to focus on cleaning up their own house before focusing on ours.
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