Guest blogger Anthony Marszalek discusses in depth some of the concerns with cyber warfare and the ideas on how it exists (if it exists). He also discusses cyber terrorism and tries to make a distinction between the two. Mr. Marszalek…
Is Cyber Terrorism Fact or Fiction?
Guest blogger Aron Okichich Brings up a hot topic to information technology and conflict awareness. As a student at Purdue University Calumet we thank him for allowing us to post his work here. You can download a PDF of his…
America at five (or more) dollars a gallon: Well on our way to a paradigm shift in services and society
Where will America be when gasoline prices continue to rise, and the transportation costs of goods and people become exponentially bigger than expected? North America is roughly twice the size (42 million Km^2) of Europe (10 million Km^2) but has…
Memorial Day 2008
All nations call upon their citizens in time of need. When the diplomacy of words ends, and the diplomacy of the sword begins that is where service becomes exemplary. In the on-going conflicts of the nation state. In the festering…
What does it means when the military moves from defense to offense on the Internet?
The Internet is both the terrain and the tool in the future of cyber warfare. As we look at the use of the Internet to support hostile actions against government and military targets the classic asymmetric conflict is rising in…
May 21 News on Cyber Warfare (Special: USAF Cyber Command)
Todays news includes information on the new cyber command for the United States Air Force. Over the next month I will be running these as the Air Force Cyber Command comes to fruition. As a side note in the article…
The warrior scholar
I have this fantasy that the warrior scholar elite can happen in my life time. Yes I believe in the elite who are the best because in the realm of conflict failure to be elite carries the badge of vanquished.…
Some thoughts on the idea of “Cyber Range”
To recreate the Internet in a safe and sane environment that could realistically recreate the chaos of the Internet is a big issue. Some of the early design issues: 1) The Internet is inherently dynamic most designed systems are relatively…
Fall 2008 Book Adoptions
This semesters text book adoptions.
ITS 472 Final Project Paper (NMCI)
Students in my ITS 472 Networking Architecture course have completed a network design replicating the Navy Marine Corps Intranet project. The overall goal of this excercise was for the students in about 10 weeks to design an enterprise network solution…
Are students customers or scholars in training?
Part of the problem with considering students as customers rather than students is a difference in perspective between administrative needs and needs of faculty and the discipline. Personally I consider those people in their seats to be students or scholars…
K-12 Education: A university professor takes the future personally
Though as a faculty we represent a diverse and expansive educational background sometimes we miss the point. Whether your educational philosophy is behaviorist or constructivist our mission is to educate the next generation. There is some value in the criticism…
Shame on you! All of you!
That’s it! I am done! I am done with the main stream media (MSM). I am done with the BS bloggers. Done. We are holding a presidential election. We are trying to determine who will lead us for the next…
The IED’s of Cyber-warfare
I am concerned that policy and the legislative agenda is making basic assumptions about the relationship of information assurance and security and cyber-warfare that may not be accurate. Some of the issues are illuminated when government and corporate information security…
Why students of small wars should care about cyber-warfare
We define forms of military conflict sometimes by the terrain on which it is fought. Whether the terrain be land warfare, naval warfare, or air warfare the terrain determines the scope and strategies. Low intensity conflict can be defined by…