The Pentagon has announced that it is building a new system that will be designed to protect its computer networks and also disarm all potential cyber-attack attempts. The plan is to turn the new system into an automated “scorecard” in the next couple of years.
It seems USA finally gathered the courage to come out in public and admit it’s hilariously weak ‘cyber infrastructure’ that is prone to attacks from hackers.
Kevin McLaughlin, the Lieutenant General of the Air Force have announced that an agreement, regarding the framework of the system, is expected to be reached by the end of this year. The original intent of this system was to detect weaknesses in the networks and weapons. But the Pentagon has decided to implement the system for all other branches of the military.
The U.S Defense Department will try to identify the key vulnerabilities in the weapons system, military network and other departments.
These efforts by the U.S DOD is not unexpected as Michael Gilmore, the director of operational test at Pentagon, has revealed in January, that nearly all American weapons projects that were tested were exposed to cyber-attacks. During the same period, the U.S Office of Personnel Management (OPM) confirmed that Chinese hackers had successfully attacked the agency’s computer systems and data of more than 22 million present and ex U.S government employees were affected. The security breach was so serious that Katherine Archuleta, the then director of OPM, was forced to resign following the incident.
McLaughlin said that the Pentagon was now proactively looking to fill the gaps in its cyber-security wall and one of the major milestones was arming the cyber response groups. He said more than 50% of the planned 133 cyber response group has been created that consists of 6,200 military personnel who will be equipped to deal with cyber terrorism. These teams are expected to be fully operational by then end of 2016.
The new proposed security system will look to focus on the weapons system, which are more than 30 years old and has great vulnerabilities.
“There’s probably not enough money in the world to fix all those things but the question is what’s most important, where should we put our resources as we eat the elephant one bite at a time,” said McLaughlin.
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