Summary: The Air Force received a new weapon
system in order to protect against hackers. It recently reached full
operational capability. It’s called the Air Force Intranet Control Weapon
System (AFINC for short), and even though it has weapon system in the name, its
main goal is to make cyber-attacks on the Air Force more difficult. It accomplishes this by limiting the number of
access points from 100 to 16 making defense against cyber-attacks more
manageable. In the words of Air Force Colonel Pamela Wooley, “We are definitely
not trying to weaponize cyber. This is truly a defensive system to protect the
Air Force Network.” Colonel Wooley says AFINC is “literally kind of a fence
line” and considering the Air Force is subjected “more than one billion
firewall, web, and email blocks per week” it is one important fence.
Synopsis: This kind of cyber defense for the Air
Force resembles the beefing up of the military after World War 1, except now we
have to defend our computers and our country.
The main concern of something like this is that it could become a weapon,
but as stated a million times by the Colonel it is “truly a defensive system.” This
sounds all in all, like a good step for the Air Force.
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