Re: U.S. Army: Wikis Too Risky

["John C. A. Bambenek, CISSP" <bambenek.infosec () gmail com>]

We're judging our military's technical readiness by keeping up with...
Wikipedia?  Really?

Better get those enlisted folks writing up 300 pages on Pokemon then.

On Feb 18, 2008 2:02 PM, Paul Ferguson <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:

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> Via Danger Room.
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> [snip]
>
> They might not build $150-million F-22 stealth fighters, but in other ways
> insurgents and terrorists are amazingly tech savvy. For one, they're hip
> to
> using grungy, bare-bones websites to spread tactics and ideology across
> the
> planet on the cheap, transforming once-isolated local and regional
> conflicts into genuine threats to global stability. Author John Robb calls
> this "open-source warfare," and believes it's the most important force
> shaping the 21st century.
>
> If so, we're screwed. Seven years after the launch of Wikipedia -- the
> user-edited online encyclopedia that brought the "open source" concept to
> the masses -- the U.S. Army is still playing catch-up. The Army's idea of
> harnessing the 'net is to launch isolated websites, put generals in charge
> and lock everything behind passwords, while banning popular open-source
> civilian websites. Colonel James Galvin, head of the Army's "Battle
> Command
> Knowledge System," openly admits that when it comes to the collaborative
> internet, the bad guys have a "niche advantage."
>
> [snip]
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> More:
> http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/02/army-wikis-too.html
>
> Interesting article.
>
> - - ferg
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