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computerized international society—the vulnerability of the hyper-connected world
to criminal attacks, which, as shown in our books, can be aimed both at separate
sitizens and at private companies and even entire states. Unfortunately, the Internet
is actively being mastered by various provocateurs, criminals, and terrorists, not to
mention special services. Moreover, sophisticated systems of total electronic surveillance also exist today. This poses a threat to security and sovereignty of all states,
causes the corresponding chain reaction of mistrust and fuels the race of information
weapons [1, 3], the main aspects of which are detailed in the first chapters of this
book.
Of course, any virtual world has not only positive sides; therefore, the sphere
of modern information security requires close attention from the international
community.
For example, the Second World Internet Conference “An interconnected world
shared and governed by all—Building a Cyberspace Community of Shared Destiny”
took place in the Chinese city of Uchine in the middle of December 2015. Among
the considered subjects, such as creation of the Internet infrastructure, development
of digital economy and Internet management issues, special prominence was given
to the provision of cybersecurity.
Everyone understands that cybersecurity is a necessary condition of development
of the modern information society. It could be defined as a set of strategies and
actions that should be taken to protect information and communication networks
(including software and hardware means, saved and transmitted information) from
unauthorized access, alteration, theft, destruction, and other malicious actions with
guaranteed continuous quality of security. When ensuring cybersecurity, it is necessary to ensure accessibility, integrity, and confidentiality of the environment for all
legally authorized users.
One of the first elements of such complex of measures was the creation of the
EINSTEIN Program (modified versions contain the number of the version in the
name) developed by the Computer Emergency Readiness Team (turns out there
actually was such an organizational department in early 2000s). It is an automated
intrusion detection system that protects the network gateways of top government
agencies and US institutions from any unauthorized traffic.
In the end of April 2015, the Pentagon presented its cyber strategy, which was an
extended variant of the similar document accepted earlier.
Three main directions of activity in this field are identified in the document.
The first is the protection of personal information systems from external hacker
attacks.
The second is working with other agencies and foreign allies to collect and process
intelligence information, as well as joint operations with FBI, CIS, NSA, and foreign
special services.
The third direction is the cyber support of various US military operations and
attraction of the maximum quantity of qualified civilian specialists.
Here, we are going to focus only on the first direction, because it contains the
essence of the US cybersecurity strategy known as The Comprehensive National
8 Modern Weapons: Possibilities and Limitations
computerized international society—the vulnerability of the hyper-connected world
to criminal attacks, which, as shown in our books, can be aimed both at separate
sitizens and at private companies and even entire states. Unfortunately, the Internet
is actively being mastered by various provocateurs, criminals, and terrorists, not to
mention special services. Moreover, sophisticated systems of total electronic surveillance also exist today. This poses a threat to security and sovereignty of all states,
causes the corresponding chain reaction of mistrust and fuels the race of information
weapons [1, 3], the main aspects of which are detailed in the first chapters of this
book.
Of course, any virtual world has not only positive sides; therefore, the sphere
of modern information security requires close attention from the international
community.
For example, the Second World Internet Conference “An interconnected world
shared and governed by all—Building a Cyberspace Community of Shared Destiny”
took place in the Chinese city of Uchine in the middle of December 2015. Among
the considered subjects, such as creation of the Internet infrastructure, development
of digital economy and Internet management issues, special prominence was given
to the provision of cybersecurity.
Everyone understands that cybersecurity is a necessary condition of development
of the modern information society. It could be defined as a set of strategies and
actions that should be taken to protect information and communication networks
(including software and hardware means, saved and transmitted information) from
unauthorized access, alteration, theft, destruction, and other malicious actions with
guaranteed continuous quality of security. When ensuring cybersecurity, it is necessary to ensure accessibility, integrity, and confidentiality of the environment for all
legally authorized users.
One of the first elements of such complex of measures was the creation of the
EINSTEIN Program (modified versions contain the number of the version in the
name) developed by the Computer Emergency Readiness Team (turns out there
actually was such an organizational department in early 2000s). It is an automated
intrusion detection system that protects the network gateways of top government
agencies and US institutions from any unauthorized traffic.
In the end of April 2015, the Pentagon presented its cyber strategy, which was an
extended variant of the similar document accepted earlier.
Three main directions of activity in this field are identified in the document.
The first is the protection of personal information systems from external hacker
attacks.
The second is working with other agencies and foreign allies to collect and process
intelligence information, as well as joint operations with FBI, CIS, NSA, and foreign
special services.
The third direction is the cyber support of various US military operations and
attraction of the maximum quantity of qualified civilian specialists.
Here, we are going to focus only on the first direction, because it contains the
essence of the US cybersecurity strategy known as The Comprehensive National