Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Cyberspace is on the bottom of the ocean

"Cyber space is on the bottom of the ocean because 95 percent of what moves in cyber space moves on cables that rest on the bottom of the ocean. That's the maritime domain. That's the domain of the United States Navy."

Admiral Gary Roughead
Chief of Naval Operation
On the importance of cyber space operations.
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 30, 2010 at 9:46 AM

    This has to be taken out of context. I just can't believe that CNO really subscribes to this theory of warfare.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 30, 2010 at 11:04 AM

    Yes, but...100% of the data on those cables originates on land. You can wish it and want it and even believe it, but none of that actually makes it a "maritime domain" thing.

    Senior

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  3. Context providerNovember 30, 2010 at 11:16 AM

    Here is the context

    http://www.navy.mil/navydata/people/cno/Roughead/Speech/100412%20National%20Maritime%20Foundation%20Round%20Table.pdf

    http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=56043

    http://www.navy.mil/navydata/leadership/quotes.asp?q=253&c=6

    http://lucyweeklyworldnewsstand.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/%EF%BC%88u-s-navynavy-news-service-for-monday-september-20-2010-%E5%8E%9F%E6%96%87%E5%8F%8A%E3%81%B3%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E6%A9%9F%E6%A2%B0%E7%BF%BB%E8%A8%B3%E4%BB%98%E3%81%8D%E3%80%82/

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  4. AnonymousNovember 30, 2010 at 11:21 AM

    The quote is over a year old, as you can see by Context Provider's links. Written when Navy cyber commands / efforts were getting rolling. Hopefully, cooler / wiser heads are prevailing among the speech writers and those who provide the information.

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  5. AnonymousNovember 30, 2010 at 11:50 AM

    CNO said, "When I think about that it causes me to reflect that cyberspace is really in the ocean, it’s not in the ubiquitous power point slides with the lighting bolts flying all over them. When you get right down to it, cyberspace runs on the bottom of the ocean."

    http://www.navyenterprise.navy.mil/stories/CNO-SNA-Talk.aspx?newsticker

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  6. Mike LambertNovember 30, 2010 at 2:02 PM

    Folks that understand - cyber, the Navy and the CNO - understand exactly what he meant.

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  7. AnonymousDecember 1, 2010 at 4:59 AM

    Smug.

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