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Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 11:52:02 -0400
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Subject: Pentagon Initiates =91DEF-CON=92-style Warnings for Computer Threats
Pentagon Initiates =91DEF-CON=92-style Warnings for Computer Threats
The Pentagon has decided to post warnings when it is under an
information warfare attack-- much as it would if there was a more
traditional military or terrorist threat.
By Barbara Starr ABC NEWS
W A S H I N G T O N, May 23 =97 Following the =93Love Bug=94 computer
virus earlier this month, the Pentagon has now decided to post warnings
when it is under an information warfare attack =97 much as it would if
there was a more traditional military or terrorist threat.
Throughout the Cold War, for example, the military posted
=93defense conditions,=94 more commonly referred to as =93Def-Cons,=94
which spelled out the state of military alert. =93Def-Con Normal=94
indicated there was no unusual activity. If tensions rose, then troops
would be placed on a rising scale of alert status such as =93Def-Con
Alpha,=94 =93Bravo,=94 =93Charlie,=94 and =93Delta.=94
In recent years, there has also been posting of similar
=93Threat-Cons,=94 indicating an alert for a possible terrorist attack.
As =93threat-cons=94 escalate, commanders then take increased security
steps, such as checking all cars entering a base, or in an extreme
instance shutting a base down to outsiders.
=91Information Conditions=92
Now, the military will post =93Info-Cons=94 or =93information
conditions=94 indicating the level of alert for a possible computer
attack. The =93Info-Con=94 warnings will be decided at the U.S. Space
Command, in Colorado Springs, Colo., which has responsibility for the
military=92s Joint Task Force on Computer Network Defense.
The concept for posting military =93Information Conditions=94 was
actually decided on before the Love Bug attack during an information
warfare training exercise earlier this year. But when the Love Bug
hit, military officials decided to move ahead with their plans more
rapidly.
The reason was that the Love Bug virus was so much more virulent
and widespread than anything the military had seen before. When it
swept across military computer networks around the world, individual
administrators, or military commanders, all took their own actions on
dealing with the problem. Some installations shut down e-mail for
days, causing massive disruptions throughout the network.
As a result, military computer experts decided they needed to have
a central coordinating mechanism for telling installations about
threats, and recommending specific network-wide actions so that
solutions can be coordinated.
Individual Problems This admittedly is a different approach from
terrorist warnings, notes one military official. In the case of
=93threat conditions,=94 specific response actions are left up to
local commanders on the belief that they know best how to deal with
their installations. But the Love Bug showed that individual actions
can cause cascading problems around the system.
Now, in the event of another major information warfare attack, an
=93info-con=94 will be posted and commanders ordered to take a variety
of actions to defend the integrity of their networks. Actions could
range from rejecting e-mails from unknown addresses all the way to
shutting down networks.
The need to come up with =93information condition=94 warnings after
the Love Bug was further underscored because that virus was the first
to penetrate classified computer systems. Officials now believe the
four =93infections=94 of classified computers were possibly the result
of classified addresses being listed in unclassified address books and
firewalls being breached.
Officials at Space Command hope to have the final details defining
=93information condition=94 warning levels established in the next few
weeks.
A recent General Accounting Office report reviewing the impact of
the Love Bug on the entire federal government noted the severe impact
on the Defense Department. The department expended what GAO called
=93enormous efforts=94 at containing and then recovering from Love
Bug. Military personnel from across the department were pulled in
from their primary responsibilities. If the attack had gone on
further, the department would have had to call in reservists to help,
according to the report. Some DoD computers required a complete
reloading of their software packages.
Source
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/pentagon000523.html
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