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Cyber Command Chief: Clear Rules Needed to Govern U.S. Cyber Security
06/07/2010
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Brian Prince - June 4, 2010
Gen. Keith Alexander, head of the U.S. Cyber Command, called for the establishment of clear rules of engagement for cyberspace as the country deals with the prospect of "remote sabotage."
Alexander spoke June 3 before an audience at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank in Washington, DC. In comments to the crowd, Alexander, who is also director of the National Security Agency (NSA), said the realities of securing the Internet require the government have a framework in place to guide its responses to attacks.
"What the department is looking at," he said, "are what are the standing rules of engagement that we have? Do those comport with the laws, the responsibilities that we have? Can we clearly articulate those so that people know and expect what will happen? And I think we have to look at it in two different venues, what we're doing here in peacetime and what we need to do in wartime to support those units that are in combat."
He noted there may need to be different sets of rules governing U.S. responses in different situations, such as a direct attack from a country the U.S. is at war with or an adversary using a neutral country to bounce their attack through.
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