General Keith Alexander expected to be named Cyber Chief
This was written by Jim Garrettson on Thursday, April 30, 2009, 10:42.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to name 3 star general Keith Alexander to head the newly formed Cyber Command. The new Command, expected to open in October in Fort Meade, Maryland will protect military and civilian networks. General Alexander is currently in the role of Joint Functional Component Command for Network Warfare.
Among General Alexander’s priorities is to improve the speed with which US Cyber defneses can detect intrusions. Read more here
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The era of Trusted Computing is at hand. With the Trusted Platform Module ( TPM, from Wave Systems Corp. ), critical information will be stored on the harddrive, making it impossible to retrieve without the proper key to get into it. The DOD has mandated Trusted computing. No more stealing Social Security Numbers, bank info, etc. When implemented, we can all feel comfortable about info we don’t want stolen.