HACK NG CYBE HA KING CY by Mr. Matthew Maier and Mr. Jerry Cook


To provide capabilities for Force 2025, ASA(ALT) adopts holistic approach


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American retailers, a major movie studio and even a large oil company: Te list of the hacked continues to grow.


Even though businesses spend millions of dollars to protect their computer networks, hackers found vulnerabilities, got into the networks and in some cases went unnoticed for weeks or even longer. What’s even more alarming— for everyone who relies on computer networks, including the U.S. military—is how hackers breached the networks.


At one financial institution, hackers reportedly gained access through a website for its annual charitable race, while a home improvement retailer discovered that attackers used custom-built malware—disguised as anti- virus software—to enter its system and evade detection for weeks. At another well-known chain, hackers gained access not by directly attacking the company’s network, but by going through its heating and cooling vendor. At the oil company, malware was installed in the online take- out menu of a restaurant frequented by employees.


For industry, these attacks are disruptive, embarrass- ing and damaging to the bottom line. For the military, however, a war in cyberspace can be every bit as cata- strophic as conventional warfare.


Recognizing the scope of the threat, the Army recently established cyber as a warfighting domain on a par with land, sea, air and space. Te military vision for Army Cyberspace operations is to apply these capabilities as part of a combined arms approach in support of unified land operations. To meet new demands for cyber expertise, leaders stood up U.S. Army Cyber Command (ARCY- BER), designated the Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon, GA, and created a new career management field focused on building cyber warfare expertise, blending signal and intelligence skills into the 17 series military occupational specialty.


To provide these cyber warriors with the tools they need to execute their complex mission, the community led by the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology (ASA(ALT)) has developed a compre- hensive and coordinated approach to the development,


Army AL&T Magazine January–March 2015


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