Military Cyberwarriors Destroyed by Teams of Reservists in War Games Exercise

Think about the following question. Which of its major functions is our federal government least able to perform? Developing and managing computer systems is certainly a candidate for the list (see: The Health Insurance Marketplace: A Case Study of Incompetence; Why the Military and the VA Healthcare Systems Are Not Amenable to Change). However, many pundits prophesy that the next major global conflict will have a cyberwar component. What are our chances of success in such conflicts with the military contributing its expertise? Here a story that will provide some insight into the size of our cyberwar problem (see: In supersecret cyberwar game, civilian-sector techies pummel active-duty cyberwarriors): When the military’s top cyberwarriors gathered last year inside a secretive compound at Fort Meade, Maryland, for a classified war game exercise, a team of active-duty troops faced off against several teams of reservists. And the active-duty team apparently took a beating. “They were pretty much obliterated,” said one Capitol Hill staffer who attended the exercise. “The active-duty team didn’t even know how they’d been attacked.”....The exercise highlights a sensitive question emerging inside the military’s cyberwarfare community about what future role reservists will play in the Pentagon’s overall cyber force. At stake is a massive pot of money and thousands of military jobs for a critical mission that will be mostly shielded from budget cuts slamm...
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