Blighty to get own 'cyber range' The UK, following in America's footsteps, is to get a "cyber range" - a simulated network world where weapons-grade government malware and countermeasures can be tried out, much as bombs or missiles are on normal firing ranges. The cyber range is to be constructed under the auspices of the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), the …
So, what they really mean, once you strip the marketing hype off it, is an installation of NS-2 customised for doing a bit of worm propagation and ddos simulation. And charged at astronomical, whoops-I'm-an-MOD-contractor-that'll-be-fifty-quid-for-a-spanner-please prices, no doubt.
Still, I see they're collaborating with Warwick. it would be a wonderf^Wterrible shame if Captain Cyborg was accidentally taken out by an inadvertent misfire of some rogue cyberartillerypiece!
Compared to Smuff and Turk-Town Fareham's a much nicer place, subserivent to both in their councils minds, but much nicer.
Of course the Northrop Grumman UK people with kid's will try to get them into Cam's with all their drug and bullying problem's if they can't live far enough away, and it'll be easy to link to the GCHQ hub and processing centre on Whale Island...
Surprise Scumtons ECS dept. isn't involved too!
Anything involving BT will be a failure ... they are so bloody bureaucratic.
Maybe their participation is complete now that the anagrams have been sorted out.
This is another Brown waste of money given how competent countries are already doing this, along with private industry.
They could get the American data and then take a little of the Menwith, Yorkshire spy station rent in return. Linking with the Russians or Chinese might have put them closer to the source.
So... having made a complete arse of the NHS National Programme and wasted the best part of £13 billion of tax payers' money, they are now going to throw away some more with the blessing of the government.
If I were an investigative journalist (which I am not), I would most certainly look into the government's procurement strategy and most-favoured supplier decision making. If I didn't think it was sheer incompetence, I would believe that back-handers were actually involved somewhere.
"The list of suppliers is interesting - more especially because QinetiQ isn't in it - I wonder why not? I'm kind of surprised that they've missed out on a chance to extract some more money from the tax payers as they have in the past." .... SynnerCal Posted Friday 18th December 2009 22:06 GMT
SynnerCal,
QinetiQ haven't got the Blighty SMARTs for CyberIntelAIgent Theatre Operations ie they have an Intellectual Property Black Hole in the Field ie they are Lacking Lead Personnel/Virtual Terrain Team Players/Non State Actors*. And what SATURN can be sure of, is that there is already long ago, Active SMEs in Special Ops Red Teams Fielding Future Systems and Advanced Algorithm for both Stealth Quality and Systemic Vulnerability BetaTesting of Environment Elementals and BT Assets .......... which you can Imagine as HyperRadioProActive Vetting of AIgents, for the Field allows for Catastrophically Powerful Plays with Immunity from Consequence as the Responsibility is Heaped upon Others Deserved of the Attention and Punishment/Just Sentence.
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"BT: "It's you hardware, no fault found"" .... Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 18th December 2009 14:58 GMT
Hmmm??? What is hardware, other than Applied Software Realised/Intellectual Property Phormed/Creative Ideas Virtualised? Both Mechanical and Virtual Machine Breakdown are solved and resolved/repaired and replaced with Energising Thoughts.
"The UK, following in America's footsteps..... " .... A Novel Assumption or Faulty Presumption which Permits Stealthy Invisible and Anonymous Third Party Leading Mentorship Play ...... or would that be just too Alien a Concept for the Human Mind, and thus Deliver Stealth Squared and AI Perfect Vehicle for Mastery of Mysterious Unbelievably Transparently Shared and AIRed Global Controls? ....... and a Soviet Satellite Launcher Program with AJPanese** UKGBNIRobotIQs.
*CyberIntelAIgent Beings ........ a Sort of Really Advanced, Post Modern, Latter Day, Saintly Manchurian Candidate with National Covenant Roots for AIRock Solid Base Foundation.
** Applied JOINT ProgramMING
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Who knew.
What do they do exactly? I mean that's actually been of use.
This looks like we will be looking at one of those contractor run government owend operations.
I smell a pricing stichup.
Will it better prepare GB PLC for the potential cyber attack. I doubt it.
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