The Revolution in Military Affairs has Set the Stage for Cyberwar
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The document discusses how the Revolution in Military Affairs and push for network-centric warfare has left military networks vulnerable to cyber attacks. It outlines several past failures in securing military IT systems and networks that have allowed data theft and malware infections. The document warns that without improved security, future conflicts could involve crippling cyber attacks that undermine military communications, intelligence, and weapon systems like drones and the F-35 fighter. It defines cyberwar as using cyber attacks to support military force and outlines how a "Cyber Pearl Harbor" could involve defeating US forces through gaining information dominance in a conflict.
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The Revolution in Military Affairs has Set the Stage for Cyberwar
- 1. The Revolution in Military Affairs has Set the Stage for Cyberwar Richard Stiennon Chief Research Analyst IT-Harvest ! Executive Editor securitycurrent.com ! twitter.com/cyberwar securitycurrent
- 3. 1996 Taiwan Straits Crisis "Admiral Clemens was able to use e-mail, a very graphic- rich environment, and video teleconferencing to achieve the effect he wanted", which was to deploy the carrier battle groups in a matter of hours instead of days.” -Arthur Cebrowski USS Nimitz and USS Independence deploy to Taiwan. securitycurrent
- 4. The Revolution in Military Affairs • Roman centuries • Long bow and battle of Crecy • Napoleon’s staff command • Machine guns • Mechanized armor, blitzkrieg securitycurrent
- 5. The Modern RMA • Operation Desert Storm leads to: • Russian assessment of precision weapons ISR C&C securitycurrent
- 6. Andrew Marshall: Enigmatic Strategist securitycurrent Andrew W. Marshall (born September 13, 1921) is the director of the United States Department of Defense's Office of Net Assessment.
- 7. Arthur Cebrowski: Evangelist securitycurrent “Network Centric Warfare should be the cornerstone of transformation. If you are not interoperable you are not on the net. You are not benefiting from the information age”.
- 8. The Dream securitycurrent Total Situational Awareness eliminates “the fog of war”! ! Red Team - Blue Team identification! ! Central Command and Control. Distributed battle command.! ! Networked Intelligence, Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR)
- 9. Network Centric Warfare securitycurrent Everything connected (like the Internet) ! Satellite-Planes-Drones-Ground-Sea based sensor grid ! Instant communication over a Global Grid
- 10. IT-Harvest Confidential Deja vu all over again We’ve seen this story payed out before in the enterprise. ! ! First network everything. Take advantage of connectivity and ubiquity to re-invent commerce, social interactions, and communications. ! ! Second: succumb to attacks from hackers, cyber criminals, hacktivists, and nation states.! ! Finally: Layer in security
- 11. IT-Harvest Confidential How the Military Failed in Security April 1, 2001 a Navy EP-3E was forced down and captured by China. Top secret OS compromised! ! In 2008 China blatantly flooded communication channels known to be monitored by the NSA with decrypted US intercepts, kicking off a major re-deployment. SEVEN years too late. ! ! ! ! !
- 12. IT-Harvest Confidential How the Military Failed in Security Pentagon email servers p0wned 2007! ! Terabytes of data exfiltrated to China from the Defense Industrial Base. The target? Joint Strike Fighter design data.! ! ! !
- 13. IT-Harvest Confidential Military IT Security Failures The Wake Up Call ! ! BUCKSHOT YANKEE ! ! Agent.btz introduced via thumb drive in a forward operations command (Afghanistan?) ! ! EVERY Windows machine re-imaged in the entire military (3 million +) at a cost of $1 Billion.
- 17. SATCOM Vulns securitycurrent • “We uncovered what would appear to be multiple backdoors, hardcoded credentials, undocumented and/or insecure protocols, and weak encryption algorithms.” - IOActive
- 18. Software Assurance maturity came after most new weapons platforms were sourced. securitycurrent One Air Force study of 3 million lines of code revealed: ! ! One software vulnerability per 8 lines of code ! ! One high vulnerability per 31 lines of code! ! One critical vulnerability for 70 lines of code
- 19. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter securitycurrent ! “JSF software development is one of the largest and most complex projects in DOD history.” ! ! -Michael J. Sullivan, Director Acquisition and Sourcing Management for the DoD:!
- 20. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter • Nine million lines of onboard code could mean 128,000 critical vulns • 15 million lines of logistics code could mean another 214,000 critical vulns • What could possibly go wrong? securitycurrent
- 21. Taiwan Straits Crisis. 2015? securitycurrent GPS hacks deflect jets away from tankers ! Mission tasking subverted ! Communications intercepts mislead commander ! Radar jamming masks enemy movement ! Result? ! Military defeat
- 22. A Working Definition of Cyberwar securitycurrent The use of network and computer attack to support the operations of a military force.
- 23. Cyber Pearl Harbor Defined securitycurrent An overwhelming defeat of US forces due to ! enemy information dominance.
- 24. securitycurrent