http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2015/09/state-department-wants-compile-cybersecurity-playbooks/120251/
By Aliya Sternstein
Nextgov.com
September 3, 2015
The State Department, fresh off the heels of a highly publicized
cyberintrusion, is picking industry's brain for tactics to block and
perhaps strike back at hackers, according to new contracting documents.
State wants to produce a new set of how-to "playbooks" around
cybersecurity "to clearly guide both offensive cyber operations and
responses to cyberattacks," department officials said Wednesday.
"Offensive cyber operations" is military jargon for hacking into or
disrupting an adversary's system, making it an odd turn of phrase to
describe civilian data security practices.
This is especially curious, given the planned "playbooks," or how-to
guides, will eventually be available to the public, according to State.
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