Each year the intelligence community provides an unclassified worldwide threat assessment for Congress. Go figure….grrrrrr.īut joking aside, my bottom line upfront is this: we are engaged in an undeclared Cyber War and have been for some time. Even as I write this, my hard line internet access just failed, forcing me to my secondary wireless. With greater dependence on computers comes greater risk of vulnerabilities, seen and unforeseen. When asked to speak at computer related conferences and meetings I would usually begin by screaming, “They’re out to get us and will take over the world one day. I would yell to anyone who would listen that computers were evil and temperamental.
Even though I appreciated the technological advances that made sorting through “Big Data” in order to do intelligence analysis easier, I was still dragged into the computer age kicking and screaming.
I tend to think about that scene as I reflect on my professional journey in the cyber arena. The visiting general again told Patton he was exaggerating, and remarked, “I promise you one thing General, you will see no more German planes.” At that moment German aircraft attacked, as they dove under the table for cover. The British didn’t believe him, and had replied to Patton’s concerns with insults. Patton had complained earlier to the British, who were in charge of allied air support for that campaign, that the German air force was causing him severe problems. One of my favorite scenes from the movie Patton, is when General Patton is visited by a British general while fighting German troops in North Africa. The secret is to gang up on the problem, rather than each other.īy Capt. Gail Harris’ report about the recent Intelligence & National Security Summit and the challenges facing the Intelligence Community: Cyber Security
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