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Conflict

ThePrussianphilosopher

KarlvonClau

switz

theorized:

"Everyageh

asitsownkin

dofwar,itso

wn

limitingcond

itionsanditsownpeculiar

preconceptio

ns."

Weliveinan

ageofinform

ationfocused

warfareCy

berWarfare!

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Intr

oduction

Cyberattacksandcyberespiona

gearecostingbusinesses

billionsofdollars

ayearandhavenowbecomea

National

Securityissue!Nationalsecurity

andcybersecurityexperts

believetheU.S.

Governmentanditscontractorsarethe

targetsofagrow

ingcyberwarfareeffortthatthey

suspectis

beingconducted

bynationstates

andtheirproxie

swiththe

aimofstealingm

ilitaryandindus

trialsecrets.Ithasbeen

discoveredthathackersandvirusesinfiltratedDHS

and

DoDsystems,"e

xfiltrating"orcopyingandsendin

goutdata.

Thisapproachs

ignificantlyreduc

estheexfiltrationofdata

withoutdisruptin

gintelligencega

theringaboutthe

cyber

attackersandtheirtools.

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gtheStage

Governmentsus

evastamountsofinformationtechnologyto

conductoperatio

nsandtointerfa

cewithcitizens.

Operations

mustbeconductedsecurelyand

withanassurancethat

informationisac

curateandprote

ctedfromunauth

orized

accessanddisclosure.Governm

entsmustalsoe

nsurethe

safetyandsecurityofitscitizens

andthenation.

Information

technologycanaidinthisarea.T

hisbriefingexam

inesthe

cyberwarfareinfrastructurethatsupportsthedefenseand

intelligencesect

ors.

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DEF

ENSE&INTELCO

MMUNITY

Surprisecyberattacker

swithnovelcounter-me

asures.

Avoidstandardiz

ationofcyb

erdefenses

.

Developdiverseoverlap

pingcyberdefensetechniques.

ThoughtLeadership

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W

arning

Animagefroma

lQaeda'swebsitefeaturesa"cra

cked"orbroken

computer

whichinourmindsindicatesapotentialcyberattack!

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Bac

kground

Cyberwarfa

reisbeingwa

gedonamas

sivescalethe

world

over.Ostensiblyfriendlyn

ationsattackeachothers'e

lectronic

nervoussys

temsfrequently,andwithre

cklessabandon.

Onasingle

dayin2008,the

Pentagonwashitbywould-beintruders6

milliontime

sina24-hourpe

riod.

In2007the

Pentagonssystemswerehacked

andreportedlybetween20

and27tera

bytesofdatawasstole.AlthoughChinawasblame

dforthe

attackviaindirectchannels,

thereisnoconclu

siveevidencethatthey

werebehin

dthebreach.

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Bac

kground

TheUKMinistry

ofDefense(MoD),theDoDequivalentin

Britain,hasbeguntoinvestigate

whathasbeenc

alledthe

mostsignificant

cybersecuritybr

eachafterinform

ationand

evidencesurfacesthatallemails

sentfrommultip

leRoyal

AirForcestation

sweresenttoIP

addressestracedbackto

Russia.

Over24RAF

basesand75%of

RoyalNavyships

were

impacted.

Outofthe24

RAFstationsithit,

somewererecentlyusedby

theMoDtosc

ramblefighterairc

rafttoheadoffRussian

bomberstestingBritishairdefen

ses.

Thissecurityevent

resultedintheneed

tobringdownsystem

sandhaltemailcommunication

acrossmos

t,ifnotall,ofthemilitary.

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UKunderAttack

SecurityministerLordWesttoldtheHouseofLor

dsthatthe

UKcontinuesto

betargetedbya

"largenumbero

fattacks"

andthatthegov

ernmentis"takin

gaction"todealw

iththose

backedbyhostileregimes.Thegovernmenthas

saiditis

engagedintacklingongoingstate-sponsoredcyberattacks

onUKnationalinfrastructure.

LordWestrefusedtoconfirmthe

natureororigin

ofthese

attacksbutsaid

cybersecurityis

a"verydangerousarea"

andthattheUK

hasbecome"mo

revulnerableas

we

becomemoreconnected.

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Transition

CyberWea

ponsEvolut

ion

LowHigh

Basic

Research

Applied

R

esearch

Early

Adopters

RapidAdvanceme

nt

1994

19

98

2002

2004

2008

2012

2020

BasicW

eapons

AdvancedWeapons

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AdvancedW

eaponsAna

lysis

Theseattacks

weresophisticated.Thehybride

xploithad

severalfunctio

nsandfeaturesincluding:

Self-defending

Rootlevelatta

cks

Morphingevery35seconds

Phonehomeforinstructions

Eachwormkn

owsaboutotherworm

s

Programmedtoworkoffpeakopera

tionalhours

Turningoffco

mputerdefensesandchangingsettings

Leverageath

reepartarchitecturelikethatofamissile.

Implicationsofadvancedexplo

its

Controlling1millionhostscancauseenormousdamage

DDoSAttack

Stealingandm

odifyingdata

Canbelevera

gedforcyber-warfare

Conductspre-operationalsurveillance

Wormscanbeusedtogainsuchco

ntrolinaveryshortpe

riodoftime.

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Netw

orkConnection

CyberInfras

tructureDia

gram

Alerts

What

When

Who

Where

Why

Tec

hnical

Profile

Enemy

Profile

Basic

Intermediate

Ad

vanced

D

ecision

Support

Dashboard

Cyber

Intelligence

Cyber

R

econnaissance

Cyber

Countermeasu

res

O

ffensiveCyber

Weapons

Cyber

Command&

Control

Traditional

Command&

Control

Cyber

Analysis

CyberWarfare

Infrastructure

Version:

1.25

Date:02/12/09

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ClosingThought

TheUnitedStat

esmusttreatcybersecurityas

oneofthemos

timportant

nationalsecurit

ychallengesitfaces!Thisisa

strategicissue

onparwith

weaponsofm

assdestruction

andglobaljiha

d,wherethego

vernment

b

earsprimaryre

sponsibilityfor

defendingournationscritical

information

infrastructure

andinformatio

nassets.

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echnolytics

vinG.Coleman

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lStop#348

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888-650-0800

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412-260-2773

kgcoleman@technolyticscom

TheTechnolyticsIn

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