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The U.S. Government and Zero Day Vulnerabilities

May-24-2016

In May, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter addressed reporters at a news conference in California, where he talked about technology and cyber defense.Carter spoke about the United States' use of electronic attack methods to disrupt the activities of ISIS. But, he warned, we are not the only country with those types of capabilities.

Technology is an equalizer.This has pretty much always been true.A lot of technology allows us to do old tasks in new ways to get things done faster, and this is also true for military technology. Considerable time and resources are required for an airstrike or an espionage operation. It takes much less effort to develop and deploy an electronic weapon that could have similar effects. Experts estimate that Stuxnet, the infamous worm that destroyed hundreds of nuclear centrifuges in Iran, cost a million dollars to develop. That sounds like a lot to you and me, but keep in mind that Congress budgets hundreds of billions of dollars for the Department of Defense every year. Stuxnet's development costs are within the reach of a small country, or even a very determined group of individuals.

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