COMP 2903 A23 – Geek and Hackers, Uncle Sam’s Cyber Force Wants You! Danny Silver JSOCS, Acadia University
William J. Astore The Nation, June 5, 2008 Retired lieutenant colonel (USAF) Taught cadets at the Air Force Academy, officers at the Naval Postgraduate School, and applauded thousands of troops as they crossed the stage to graduate from the Defense Language Institute. Currently teaches history at the Pennsylvania College of Technology
Air Force General Robert Elder: “When we talk about the speed, range and flexibility of air power, the thing that enables this for us is the fact of our cyber-dominance”
USAF Research Laboratory Request for proposal, May, 2008 Push to achieve dominant cyber offensive engagement Disturbing militarization of cyberspace: – “Stealthily infiltrating, stealing, and exfiltrating” – like cyber-cat burglars, or perhaps invisible cyber- SEALS (as in US Navy SEALS)
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