GCIS CYBER-SECURITY BRIEFING: FCW: Global cyber arms race may be brewing

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ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: Federal Computer Week

26July2010 8:28amPDT

GCIS CYBER-SECURITY UPDATE: A few years ago, it was common to see slick TV commercials that advertised the Air Force�s cyber warfare capabilities. Although the cyber warfare USA Reveals Secret Plan for Cyber Warcommercials might have targeted recruits, they also sent a message about the military's might in this new Information Age domain.

Robert Knake, an international affairs fellow in residence at the Council on Foreign Relations and co-author with Richard Clarke of the book "Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It," said he worried that other countries might be alarmed by the commercials' saber-rattling about cyber war.

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