Cyber Counter Intelligence

Cyber counter-intelligence are measures to identify, penetrate, or neutralize foreign operations that use cyber means as the primary tradecraft methodology, as well as foreign intelligence service collection efforts that use traditional methods to gauge cyber capabilities and intentions.

-On 7 April 2009, The Pentagon announced they spent more than $100 million in the last six months responding to and repairing damage from cyber attacks and other computer network problems.

-On 1 April 2009, U.S. lawmakers pushed for the appointment of a White House cyber security “czar” to dramatically escalate U.S. defenses against cyber attacks, crafting proposals that would empower the government to set and enforce security standards for private industry for the first time.

-On 9 February 2009, the White House announced that it will conduct a review of the nation’s cyber security to ensure that the Federal government of the United States cyber security initiatives are appropriately integrated, resourced and coordinated with the United States Congress and the private sector.

-In the wake of the cyberwar of 2007 waged against Estonia, NATO established the Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence (CCD CoE) in Tallinn, Estonia, in order to enhance the organization’s cyber defense capability. The center was formally established on 14 May 2008, and it received full accreditation by NATO and attained the status of International Military Organization on 28 October 2008. Since Estonia has led international efforts to fight cybercrime, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation says it will permanently base a computer crime expert in Estonia in 2009 to help fight international threats against computer systems.

One of the hardest issues in cyber counterintelligence is the problem of “Attribution”. Unlike conventional warfare, figuring out who is behind an attack can be very difficult. However Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has claimed that the United States has the capability to trace attacks back to their sources and hold the attackers “accountable”.

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