By Bob Brewin bbrewin@govexec.com July 27, 2007
Defense Net Attacks Should Be Countered With "Disproportionate Response"
That's the advice contained in a little-noticed report, "The Defense Science Board (DSB) 2006 Summer Study on Information Management for Net-Centric Operations," which was released in April.
"Adversaries need to be assured that their attacks against U.S. information systems will be detected, that U.S. functionality will be restored," according to the report. "... and an adversary needs to know that the U.S. possesses powerful hard and soft-kill (cyberwarfare) means for attacking adversary information and command and support systems at all levels."
Attacks against U.S. information systems should be countered with "disproportionate response," the report said, adding that "every potential adversary, from nation states to rogue individuals, could be targets of an integrated offensive capability."
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