Cyber Primer

Fundamentals of cyber
third party – for example, a commercial company or other government
department.
c. Far. The far comprises networks and systems that, if influenced,
will prove critical to the operation or campaign. Such systems will be
predominately outside friendly forces control or assurance and are
likely to be owned by third parties. 8
1.19. There are a number of themes which emerge when we consider the
cyber environment. Some of these include the following.
a. The cyber operating environment is largely global, but vulnerable.
b. Civilian and military information infrastructures, whether national,
coalition or international, co-exist and overlap, posing problems for
managing security in a network-enabled Defence capability.
c. A high baseline for cyber security is required which has
implications for education and training, timeliness of system
maintenance and intelligence (cyber situational awareness).
d. The threat in, and through, cyberspace is largely, but not
exclusively, against the exploitation, manipulation and theft of
information held across the Defence enterprise (this includes close
collaborative defence of its civilian procurement, logistics and other
support contractors 9 ).
8 Systems owned by third parties are more vulnerable as they could be influenced by
our adversaries.
9 The likely interdependencies of critical information infrastructures mean that
successful attacks may not only come from unexpected quarters, but also have
unexpected impacts.
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Cyber Primer (2nd Edition)