December 28, 2007: The U.S. Air Force
has developed a very effective way to train all computers users (in the air
force, that means everyone) to avoid actions that would allow hackers into
military networks. This is done by periodically having air force hackers launch
attacks. The military hackers want to see which military networks, and computer
users, are vulnerable, and that is usually the case because of a system defect,
or operator error. Usually it's the latter. Human error, rather than a
"computer failure" or "software problem" is the cause of most hacker invasions
of military systems. Those air force personnel found to have screwed up, are
given more training. Fail this test enough times, and you can get fired from
the air force. This testing also covers any civilians or military personnel
from the other services, who are working on that air force base. The air force
has long been the leader in developing Internet security methods.
