Top Cyber: Developing the Top One Percent to Defeat the Advanced Persistent Threat

Abstract

The phenomenal growth of the Internet and the accompanying explosion in online services presents the world with a unique predicament, where the medium that affords citizens ameans for peaceful communications also offers malefactors an inroad for theft and destruction.The past five years mark a significant rise in the frequency and severity of online nefariousaction from a wide range of actors, and presents a great risk to the security of the United States. U.S Cyber Command is assigned the task of developing and coordinating the online cybermission of the Department of Defense, and since 2010 is moving aggressively to develop a workforce capable of fighting and winning in cyberspace.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 13, 2014
Accession Number
AD1019238

Entities

People

  • Lance C. Deviney

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computer Networks
  • Cyber Threats
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cyberspace
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Employment
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Systems Engineering
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Economics
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies

Technology Areas

  • Cyber