US flank Exposed on Cyber War Front
As a former National Security Agency (NSA) director, Retired Gen. Michael Hayden has seen first hand the realities of cyber-warfare.
During his keynote speech at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, Hayden discussed those realities, underscoring the importance of clearly defining what cyber-war really is.
The question of what constitutes a cyber-attack and how the nation should respond has become an open topic of discussion during the Obama administration, which declared cyber-security a national security priority in 2009. But between reports of targeted attacks against smart grids and the disclosure of documents about the war in Afghanistan on WikiLeaks show, the line between cyber-espionage, attacks and other activities can sometimes be difficult to draw.
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