Navy cyber leader expects proactive capabilities this year

As much as we at HNN balk at all the cyber warfare talk out there, here’s some solid thinking that applies to just about everyone.  When the the Lower Colorado River Authority finally notices people are trying to login to their site – but only because one of the IPs resolved to China…  that’s just shows you how pathetic the average “defense stance” really is.

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The military is “traditionally reactive and static, but we need to be proactive, dynamic and predictive,” he said. He estimated his command will achieve what he terms a proactive defense stance by October this year, and have predictive capabilities by fiscal 2012. He did not elaborate on technological details of the new capabilities.

In order to fully integrate cyber security and military operations in cyberspace, service members working in that domain must define a baseline, or “normal,” landscape that accurately reflects when something is amiss – and when defense is needed.

“We have no idea what normal is,” McCullough said…

via Navy cyber leader expects proactive capabilities this year — Federal Computer Week.