The War in Cyberspace

Team Obama opted to open a new front on America's War on all Things. The president, in his speech on Friday, declared that the U.S. isn't exactly ready for a crisis in cyberspace. The administration released a 76-page Cyberspace Policy Review. While it makes recommendations about the creation of a Cybersecurity Czar, the creation of a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy, and addresses Civil Liberties, it leaves a few questions unanswered, such as "How will the nation respond in the face of a major cyberattack? How can the United States persuade other nations to help defend the global Internet?" and how many avatars can dance on the head of a pin? That has launched another round of swine flu as defense contractors, who know pork when they smell it,  are already lining up for their place at the trough. The Pentagon is preparing a new operational command to cover cyberspace. Whether Web.Com will be staffed with hacker soldiers or cyberninjas remains to be seen.