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USA to spend 500M on offensive and deadly Cyber Weapons [pdf]
- strictnein 11y agoPossibly inaccurate title? I see nothing in this that says it is $500 million to buy "offensive and deadly cyber weapons". It looks more like a requisition for staffing of management and leads to help with (from the doc): This TO provides Cyberspace Operations support services to USCYBERCOM. ... 1. Cyberspace Operations 2. Cyberspace Planning 3. Cyberspace Training & Exercises 4. Strategy/Policy/Doctrine Development and Campaign Assessments 5. Information Technology/Communications (IT/Comms) 6. Business Area Support and Project Management 7. Engagement Activities The objectives of this TO are as follows: 1. Define and analyze cyberspace capabilities needed and Cyberspace Operations to meet both deterrent and decisive National Security objectives 2. Conduct planning, integration, coordination, and execution, of the Cyberspace Operations mission ISO the Joint warfighter 3. Receive, track, and resolve cyber issues and provide input to the Commander Situational Awareness Reports of Cyberspace Operations Am I missing something? I didn't read the whole thing, but I did read a fair amount of it.
- sailfast 11y agoNope - you've got it right. This looks like a typical operations and staff aug style support contract. Didn't see anything in here about buying cyber weapons. That said, C.4.2.13 Subtask 2.13 could be expanded to support something like that with the "REcommend, develop, evaluate, analyze, and integrate cyber weapons/tools/capabilities" line item. Sounds more like "developing capability" instead of "software development" which can be related to processes.
- Floegipoky 11y agoFor the second time in a century humans have developed a technological advancement with the potential to change the course of our entire race for the better and all those in power care about is how to kill with it.