Command Post: "How Tough Is It to Tell Who Launched a Cyber Attack?"

Source: TIME.com's Battleland Blog
Journalist: Mark Thompson [1]
CNAS Authors: Dr. John A. Nagl [2], Dr. Kristin M. Lord [3]
Original Post: How Tough Is It to Tell Who Launched a Cyber Attack? [4]
Type: CNAS Commentary

August 23, 2011 — The word attribution always crops up when experts debate the challenges of deterring a cyber attack. It simply means determining just who is responsible for nefarious acts online -- where anonymity has long been a prized asset. Here, I discuss the challenge of finding such digital fingerprints with James Lewis, a cyberwar expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Kristin Lord, who recently edited a Center for a New American Security study [5] on U.S. cyber-vulnerabilities, and John Nagl, CNAS's president and a member of the Pentagon's independent Defense Policy Board.

Related:
Topic(s): Terrorism, Irregular Warfare and Crime [6]
Project(s): Contested Commons [7], Cyber Security [8], Terrorism, Irregular Warfare and Crime [9], U.S. Military Forces and Operations [10]
People: Dr. Kristin M. Lord [3], Dr. John A. Nagl [2]