It looks like it comes down to three options; 1.) warn the cyber criminals 2.) perform a cyber counter-attack or 3.) just bomb the source. I find this to be quite interesting that cyber warfare is starting to be discussed. It’s scary, obviously, but I am kind of surprised that we didn’t hear more about these talks earlier. While I’m sure cyber attacks were discussed previously, it didn’t seem like they were publicized until the attack on some of the primary Internet backbone root servers.

If the United States found itself under a major cyberattack aimed at undermining the nation’s critical information infrastructure, the Department of Defense is prepared, based on the authority of the president, to launch a cyber counterattack or an actual bombing of an attack source.

The primary group responsible for analyzing the need for any cyber counterstrike is the National Cyber Response Coordination Group (NCRCG). The three key members of the NCRCG, who hail from the US-CERT computer-readiness team, the Department of Justice and the Defense Department, this week described how they would seek to coordinate a national response in the event of a major cyber-event from a known attacker.[more]

Tags: Other