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Q post mentions cyber power- we should be digging a little perhaps
WASHINGTON (AFNS) – The Air Force will host the Air Force Information Technology and Cyberpower conference virtually August 24–27.
The annual conference promotes dialogue between the Air Force, industry and academia to generate strategies and processes to leverage capabilities and overcome challenges in an increasingly digital world.
“This year’s theme is Multi Domain Effects … Integrating Data and Digital – something we feel very strongly about in the Air Force right now considering a dispersed workforce due to (the COVID-19 pandemic) and the all-domain challenges in a joint operating environment,” said A.G. Hatcher Jr., acting deputy chief information officer.
The conference will continue the tradition of bringing together cyberspace and information technology professionals in government, academia and industry.
“We will have a combination of live and recorded keynote addresses, panels and breakout sessions,” he explained. “What better way to showcase the ’IT’ in AFITC!”
Rich Aldridge, Business and Enterprise Systems program executive officer, added that safety is a primary concern due to the virus.
“Although we are disappointed that we cannot host an in-person conference this year, a virtual conference brings a lot of exciting opportunities,” he said. “All the content Mr. Hatcher highlights, to include virtual vendor booths, will be available online for a couple of months.”
Units will be able to tailor their training events and create their own AFITC experience to meet their specific needs.
“This will provide flexibility and a greater number of participants than in past conferences,” he explained.
This year’s theme is part of the ‘The Digital Enterprise We Need,’ campaign and includes several major topics:
• Cyber Acquisitions
• Cyber Operations
• Cyber Policy & Strategy
• Data and Artificial Intelligence
• Cyber Doctrine
• Joint All-Domain Command and Control and Advanced Battle Management System
• Multi-Domain Effects
“We are excited to use the new technological capabilities and look forward to an exciting agenda around our theme,” Hatcher said.
For more information, visit: https://www.afitc-event.com/.
https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2242686/air-force-announces-information-technology-cyberpower-conference-2020/
Recent cyber power bullshit by China in India and elsewhere
By Pukhraj Singh
The recent border clashes between India and China have led analysts, habituated to conventional warfare, to compare the relative strengths of the two adversaries in terms of the number of tanks, aircraft and other military paraphernalia.
It appears that Indian strategic discourse has yet again discounted cyber operations as an instrument of power projection, which could have offered a degree of flexibility when it comes to coercing, compelling and imposing costs on the contentious neighbour. This is unfortunate considering how much Indian think-tanks have glamourised the cyber domain.
Unlike conventional means, cyber power projection exploits the delicate interfaces between society and technology. Such operations are best suited to create a mix of effect and perception.
The Australian prime minister’s dramatic public disclosure of an ongoing State-sponsored cyber-attack highlights accurately the perception factor. And, as was evident during the hostilities between Russia and Ukraine, switching off a power grid may lead to more panic than an actual loss of productivity, thus demoralising the adversary.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/on-china-it-s-time-to-consider-cyber-operations/story-crMraUyDc64taDRHMhEnhP.html