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Call For Cyberwar 'peacekeepers' Force
Personnel work at the U.S. Air Force Space Command Network Operations & Security Center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, CO.
Credit: Council on Foreign Relations
The U.S. Army's Cyber Command is recruiting to create "a world class cyberwarrior force," and to develop cyberspace as an "active domain," Lieutenant General Rhett Hernandez, U.S. Army Cyber Commander, told a London conference on cyber defense this week.
Overall, the U.S. military aims to recruit 10,000 "cyber warriors" who will be "a professional elite . . . trusted and disciplined, and precise . . . collateral damage is not acceptable," Lt Gen Hernandez said.Recruits will be trained using cyber challenge scenarios that will reflect not only the scale of the cyber threat but also its unpredictability and pervasiveness, posing a risk to critical national infrastructure such as power grids and water supplies, as well as the financial sector, individual companies and citizens.
John Bumgarner, Research Director for Security Technology at the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit in Washington, said there will soon be a need for a virtual UN peacekeeping force — in cyberspace. "The UN needs to figure out how they can deploy peace keepers in the digital borders of a nation, virtual peacekeepers that would protect the peace," he said.
From BBC News
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