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Invisible Battleground Rife with Conflict for US Warfighters
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protects their bottom line . This could negate some of the effects of expanding isolationist policies .
About the Author
September 2016 Edition

Invisible Battleground Rife with Conflict for US Warfighters

Erika B . Swanner , AST Senior Executive Writer
Erika B . Swanner has over 15 years of experience in the combined areas of business development , marketing , public relations and international business . Swanner founded Booth Cyber Group last spring in an effort to provide cybersecurity firms with the advocacy of policy , target market research , and competitive analyses . She understands the impact of multiple issues on their bottom line and has developed an expertise in the strategies businesses must employ to achieve a high return on investment .
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“ They are getting hammered because they do not have the ability to talk securely and everything they say ... is intercepted or jammed ,” said Lt . Gen . Ben Hodges , USA , commander , U . S . Army Europe . “ Russian unmanned aerial vehicles are able to fly overhead and spy on formations — things we haven ’ t had to worry about for the past 15 years .”
Despite the numerous devices we depend on daily , most average users are oblivious to the depth and breadth of cyberspace . It runs in the background , primarily invisible to the human eye except for the nuts and bolts that make it possible : fiber , silicon and brilliant minds . It ’ s indescribable , yet everywhere — the perfect place for skirmishes , intricate operations and full-blown attacks . For the military , cyberspace is a domain that — like air , land and space — requires strategies to protect it and weapons to defend it . Military leaders participating inTechNet Augusta 2016 , Georgia , this week enlightened conference attendees about just how difficult this challenge is in light of attacks from new — and some previous — adversaries , a resurgence of electronic warfare activities and the need to synchronize cyberspace with the combined arms fight . AFCEA International sponsors TechNet Augusta , an event that has continued to expand in the past three years .
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