In an article by George V. Hulme, dated February 16, 2011, NetworkWorld reports that the "Department of Defense is set to soon complete a new cyber security strategy that will explicitly recognize cyberspace as a new and official warfare domain."

The new strategy, "Cyber 3.0" will charge the military with "defending government networks just as it defends land, sea and air."  U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn III, in introducing Cyber 3.0 said that "'our military must be capable in this new domain as it is in more traditional domains.'"  However, Secretary Lynn pointed out that "'[c]yber defense is not a military misison, like defending our airspace. . . . The overwhelming percentage of our nation's critical infrastructure – including the Internet itself – is largely in private hands.  It is going to take a public-private partnership to secure our networks. . . . '"  

Secretary Lynn also identified a problem within the Department of Defense that will have to be addressed and rectified before real security in cyberspace will be realized.  "To effectively defense these networks, the DoD must learn how to adapt and move more quickly.  [Lynn] used Apple and the iPhone as a contrast to the DoD's ability to move an intiative forward. It currently takes the Pentagon 81 months to field a new computer system. The iPhone was developed in just 24 months."

"'That is less time than it takes us to prepare a budget and receive Congressional approval for it. This means I get permission to start a project at the same time Steve Jobs is talking on his new iPhone. It's now a fair trade. We have to close this gap. Silicon Valley can help us.'"

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The entire article can be found at the link provided above, or here. 

In an article by George V. Hulme, dated February 16, 2011, NetworkWorld reports that the "Department of Defense is set to soon complete a new cyber security strategy that will explicitly recognize cyberspace as a new and official warfare domain."

The new strategy, "Cyber 3.0" will charge the military with "defending government networks just as it defends land, sea and air."  U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn III, in introducing Cyber 3.0 said that "'our military must be capable in this new domain as it is in more traditional domains.'"  However, Secretary Lynn pointed out that "'[c]yber defense is not a military misison, like defending our airspace. . . . The overwhelming percentage of our nation's critical infrastructure – including the Internet itself – is largely in private hands.  It is going to take a public-private partnership to secure our networks. . . . '"  

Secretary Lynn also identified a problem within the Department of Defense that will have to be addressed and rectified before real security in cyberspace will be realized.  "To effectively defense these networks, the DoD must learn how to adapt and move more quickly.  [Lynn] used Apple and the iPhone as a contrast to the DoD's ability to move an intiative forward. It currently takes the Pentagon 81 months to field a new computer system. The iPhone was developed in just 24 months."

"'That is less time than it takes us to prepare a budget and receive Congressional approval for it. This means I get permission to start a project at the same time Steve Jobs is talking on his new iPhone. It's now a fair trade. We have to close this gap. Silicon Valley can help us.'"

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The entire article can be found at the link provided above, or here.