A "Cyber Force" as 4th Military Domain in the UK next to Navy, Air and Land?
June 13 2008 | 0 comment(s)
Your correspondents went to the annual conference of the Cyber Security KTN in London yesterday. Besides seeing a bunch of familiar faces, there were some good debates and speakers.
Graham Wright, the Director of Targeting & Information Operations for the UK Ministry of Defence spoke about a strategic perspective of cyber war. He stopped short of calling for implementing a cyber force as the 4th military domain next to Air, Land and Navy. But because cyber security is really an interlocked issue, a rather more integrated approach is recommended.
The UK's Cyber Security KTN is a government-funded initiative, run by security/defence research giant QinetiQ, to organize forums for various stakeholders informing them about internet security
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