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Basically sending the army after the nation's own kids.
What will happen here is they will create a team that will be written out of usefulness by procedure instantly and that is all.
If they can get defence into good shape then they'll have achieved something worth admiring.
In all likelihood the new military branch will focus on weaponizing zero-day exploits and licensing NSA's surveillance/analysis services, which is far less interesting.
While I hope that this force would focus their attention at serious crimes, nation's attacks against nations, and espionage, my inner cynic tells me that the primary target will be 16 year old kids who DDOS the web hosting company of a government website that happens to have been done by the lowest bidder. Basically sending the army after the nation's own kids.
Sort of off-topic, but does it bug anyone else that the militaries and governments of the world continue to refer to 'cyberspace' as if 'cyber-' was current Internet jargon? (Whereas in reality I only see it used for that other thing we are supposed to be making instead of war...)
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What other word would you use? Cyber is pretty clearly defined among the people who use it. Other words are not.
> What other word would you use? Maybe not a single word, but "technology and information warfare"?
They need a new term.
Sort of off-topic, but does it bug anyone else that the militaries and governments of the world continue to refer to 'cyberspace' as if 'cyber-' was current Internet jargon? (Whereas in reality I only see it used for that other thing we are supposed to be making instead of war...)
Good luck getting all the part-timers through DV!