The Office of Cyber Security (OCS), dedicated to protecting Britain’s IT infrastructure, will be created in line with a model proposed — and in part practised by the US.
The government will develop information systems to allow it to launch denial-of-service attacks and to spy on chosen targets…
At the same time Defense Secretary Robert Gates ordered the establishment of a U.S. Cyber Command to protect military networks and organize digital security efforts underway at the Pentagon.
The command also is charged with “synchronizing warfighting effects across the global security environment, as well as providing support to civil authorities and international partners,” according to a memo issued Tuesday by Gates to senior military officials.
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