https://qz.com/1500647/the-pentagon-asks-researchers-for-help-planning-for-cyberattacks/
By Justin Rohrlich
Quartz
December 19, 2018
For years, the phrase "weapons of mass destruction," or WMDs, referred to
physical threats: Nuclear bombs, chemical attacks, and biological warfare.
US Department of Defense officials, however, are expanding the definition
to include offensive cyber operations. They think the threat is so big,
that they’re seeking ideas from academics, research institutions, and
non-profit organizations on how to counter a possible cyber-armageddon.
Earlier this week, the Pentagon's Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts
for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, or PASCC, issued a
solicitation requesting white papers to help the US prepare for such
attacks.
"A new perspective is needed to address this problem," it wrote in the
document. "It should include independent organizations not anchored to
traditional WMD definitional and doctrinal concepts."
In other words, the Pentagon is looking for out-of-the-box thinkers.
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