Keynote: Cyberwar By Bruce Schneier At Blackhat Eu 2011
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Description: The world is gearing up for cyberwar. The US Cyber Command became operational in November. Nato has enshrined cyber security among its new strategic priorities. The head of Britain's armed forces said recently that boosting cyber capability is now a huge priority for the UK. And we know China is already engaged in broad cyber espionage attacks against the west. So how can we control a burgeoning cyber arms race? We may already have seen early versions of cyberwars in Estonia and Georgia, possibly perpetrated by Russia. It's hard to know for certain, not only because such attacks are often impossible to trace, but because we have no clear definitions of what a cyberwar actually is. Do the 2007 attacks against Estonia, traced to a young Russian man living in Tallinn and no one else, count? What about a virus from an unknown origin, possibly targeted at an Iranian nuclear complex? Or espionage from within China, but not specifically directed by its government? To such questions one must add even more basic issues, like when a cyberwar is understood to have begun, and how it ends.
Comments (8)
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TechnologyFlow on Sat 21 May 2011 What a great topic. With so many assets relying on technology, I have a feeling cyberspace is going to become a whole new theater of war. Thanks for posting! |
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John-Nash on Sat 21 May 2011 Bruce is an awesome speaker and @TechnologyFlow I agree, the next war will be in cyberspace and we shall be the warriors :) |
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Patrick on Sun 22 May 2011 Now I'm waiting for Vivek's "Cyberwar Megaprimer for Hackers"!!! ;P |
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spaceaze on Mon 23 May 2011 good presentation |
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simmerdim on Tue 24 May 2011 I enjoyed that. It is good to see that not everyone predicts doom and gloom. A balanced and insightful view. |
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Anthrax on Thu 26 May 2011 Hello man, |
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strel533 on Fri 10 Jun 2011 I'm not sure he hit the difference between having the FBI and the military handle cyber security exactly correctly - law enforce as often as not seems to look at the average citizen as a suspect as much as someone to be protected. The issue does raise some very interesting questions about how to define cyber "war" versus cyber crimes. What are the thoughts around here? |
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Bobbysan on Fri 05 Aug 2011 So Bush's cyber security adviser would call it "langsam krieg." |