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March 12, 2008
Air Force Cyber Command
Fact Sheets : Cyberspace 101 : Cyberspace 101
Cyberspace is a domain like land, sea, air and space and it must be defended.
The Air Force is developing the AFCYBER or Air Force Cyber Command. The mission of the cyber command will be to defend against cyber attacks of our infrastructure. With more and more of our embedded systems being designed for easy remote control via computer interface these systems also need to the protected.
Currently it is in provisional status. It was established on Sept 17th of 2007 with a projected date of October 1, 2008 to be in phase one. The strategic vision of the Air Force Cyber command is available here in PDF.
"Cyberspace is a domain characterized by the use of electronics and the electromagnetic spectrum to store, modify and exchange data via networked systems and associated physical infrastructures." - National military Strategy for Cyberspace Operations
Posted by Mark at March 12, 2008 01:44 PM
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