US Air Force Reopens Cyber Command

Here’s a chance for troubled skiddies to start a new life and put their skills to good use: join the Air Force Cyber Command.

Top Air Force leadership has decided to pursue forming Cyber Command to defend Defense Department networks and to launch cyberattacks against foes after putting the project on hold in August.

The service’s leadership, including Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz, made the decision last week at the Corona senior leadership conference in Colorado Springs, Colo., to continue its effort to stand up the command, said Capt. Michael Andrews, an Air Force spokesman.

Andrews said the Air Force will provide more details on the Cyber Command later in October after discussions with Pentagon and congressional leadership.

Even weak, unsophisticated 0.8 Gbps DDoS attacks are already weapons of war. In fact, those were exactly the weapons deployed in the recent Georgia-Russia conflict. Given Air Force resources, the Cyber Command would probably be capable of far more sophisticated attacks, with far greater firepower. The Air Force could dominate the Web as effectively as it dominates the air.

If the Air Force does it right, the Cyber Command could bring digital warfare to a whole new level. This ain’t no Computer Science III, folks, and it sure as Hell will involve more than seven proxies. How fortunate, then, that one of the world’s top cyberdefense contractors is owned by a Philippine company, IPVG. Filipinos might know it by another name: E-games. 😉

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