William Slater's CIS 537 Blog

William Slater's CIS 537 Blog
CIS 537 - Introduction to Cyber Ethics

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Post 011 - CIS 537






Evolution of Cyberweapons

The diagram above shows how cyberweapons are emerging in their capabilities. This is not only because of the importance and proliferation of the Internet and everything connected to it, it is also because cyberweapons are now possible and much cheaper than building a $2.2 billion stealth bomber.

Think about the proliferation of cyberweapons and compare it to the first chart from Mary Meeker, showing how mobile Internet traffic will overtake Internet traffic from desktop and laptop computers in the year 2013.

Can you see where all this is heading? If left unchecked, the world of those who can possibly threaten a world of people who have ubiquitous access to the Internet will continue to increase.

References:

Ingram, M. (2010). Mary Meeker: Mobile Internet Will Soon Overtake Fixed Internet. A web article published at Gigaom.com. Retrieved from the web on July 19, 2010 at http://gigaom.com/2010/04/12/mary-meeker-mobile-internet-will-soon-overtake-fixed-internet/
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Technolytics. (2011). Cyber Commander's eHandbook: The Weaponry and Strategies of Digital Conflict.  Purchased and downloaded from Amazon.com on April 16, 2011.







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