Re: [ISN] First 'Cyber Warrior' Unit Poised for Operational Status

From: mea culpa <jericho_at_dimensional.com>
Date: Thu 18 Jun 1998 - 11:19:13 CDT
Reply From: Alfred Huger <ahuger@securenetworks.com>

> Forwarded From: Nicholas Charles Brawn <ncb05@uow.edu.au>
> 
> 17Jun98 USA: FIRST `CYBER WARRIOR' UNIT IS POISED FOR OPERATIONAL STATUS.
> By Bryan Bender Washington DC.
> 
> The US Department of Defense (DoD) plans to stand up its first operational
> unit of `cyber warriors' by September to safeguard against and respond to
> computer attacks aimed at the US military, according to defence officials.

The Canadian DND already has such a unit, here it's called NVAT (Network
Vuln. Assesment Team). I imagine they are pretty overworked.


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