Who monitors the internet?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

How The Defense Department And DHS Is Hyping Cyberwar To Better Spy On You

While Keith B. Alexander, who heads up the National Security Agency (NSA) was recently appointed commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, there's still a power struggle going on. "Senators and representative have returned to the Capitol, yet no one predicts that lawmakers will enact significant cybersecurity legislation during the lame-duck session before the 111th Congress fades into history in a few weeks."

http://www.govinfosecurity.com/category.php?catID=179

Massive unsubstantiated hype around the concept of "cyberwar" has been used by people who are cashing in on the hype. Government organizations insist that we don't know the serious threat of online terrorist recruiters.

Cyberwar is hyped beyond reality, in an effort to build the reputations of a few people who cash in on a trend. People on all sides of the issue point out that cyberwar is an excuse to blow things out of proportion. There's plenty of online espionage. But that's different than the current trend of allowing investors in the military industrial complex to make money with newly approved terminology.

What's worse is that people influencing the DoD are using control elements of cyber-defense to make money. There is an ongoing fight between the DoD and the DHS to manage cyber-threats. The DoD argues that it knows better.

As you look at the details, the DoD isn't just looking at cyber defense. It keeps making the argument that part of cyber defense is also securing private networks and usage. Jerry Brito, at the Tech Liberation Front states, "The reality is that while the lion’s share of cyber-security expertise lies in the federal government, more than 90 percent of the physical infrastructure of the Web is owned by private industry. As a result, intermingling is inevitable."

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101026/04340211587/how-the-defense-department-and-nsa-is-hyping-cyberwar-to-better-spy-on-you.shtml

[NuclearDem]

1. So how long is it going to take before 4chan DDOS's Cyber Command or the NSA?

The military is getting into a war they'll never win in that case :evilgrin:

"QUICK, RETREAT FROM THE INTERNET! THE MEMES ARE EVERYWHERE!"

[Posteritatis]

2. I'd assume they're both getting constant DDoSes anyway. (nt)