We Americans tend to think that because we have the best military, the most money, and the strongest defense organizations (NSA, etc.), we somehow have a natural advantage in cyber space. the world of cyber relationships is dominated by offense. We have a much more divided territory to defend than any other country. And there aren't enough trained personnel to defend it. While we have yet to face full-scale cyber warfare, in some ways we have been at war on a cyber front since the early 2000s. Chinese and Russian hackers have penetrated our most secure networks and gained access to some of our most precious secrets. They have done this mostly through clever social engineering and phishing attacks, essentially using our own employees against us. General George S. Patton was right when he said that “Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men”. The opposite is also true and at this point our own men (or lack thereof) are losing us in this war. America is not ready for cyber warfare because it lacks enough disciplined and well-trained cyber soldiers. This is partly because they haven't hired enough willing people, and the people they have aren't disciplined enough to follow protocol. And they are focusing too much on defensive formation and not offensive formation. As of March 12, 2014, the American cyber command numbered 1,100[1] people. These 1,100 people are, in the words of General Keith Alexander (director of the US Cyber Command), responsible for "directing the defense by ensuring the functioning of the Department of Defense's information networks and helping to guarantee the freedom of action of the forces armies of the United States". and its allies – and, when required, to defend the nation from attacks in cyberspace.” There are trained people... middle of the paper... Cold War points. The Cold War was primarily about defense. But this way of thinking only harms the ability of cyber warriors in the United States. The U.S. Army often uses “red” teams to challenge established “blue” teams in exercises. According to the report, small red teams, in a short time and using tools downloaded from the Internet, were able to “significantly” disrupt the blue teams' military operations. The focus of the strategy is defensive,” said Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn. The Pentagon would not favor the use of cyberspace "for hostile purposes." The threat of cyber warfare occurring today is all too real. China has started a *** and is outwardly trying to present itself as an information hoarder, the fact of the matter is that we don't have enough disciplined cyber agents to fight the….
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