{"id":23857,"date":"2016-07-28T17:54:21","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T17:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2016\/07\/28\/the-continuous-change-of-cyber\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:18:23","slug":"the-continuous-change-of-cyber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/opinion\/the-compass\/net-defense-blogs\/2016\/07\/28\/the-continuous-change-of-cyber\/","title":{"rendered":"The continuous change of cyber"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are you ready for continuous change?\u00a0All c<\/span>Chances are you’re not, or at least you’re not as ready as you should be.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am not talking about looking forward over the next few years and conducting strategic planning.\u00a0I am just <\/span>talking about coping with the magnitude of continuous change thatand the<\/span> modern soldiers that<\/span> are required to handle from now on\u00a0that is happening <\/span>in the cyber environment<\/a> today.\u00a0Most of the recommended measurement<\/span>s are outdatedbackward looking<\/span>.\u00a0That doesn\u2019t help when you are trying to cope with the <\/span>constant\u00a0changes that are occurring<\/span>.\u00a0I was trying to present\u00a0<\/span>In an effort to show the rate of change in the cyber environment,\u00a0so <\/span>I decided to <\/span>conducted what I call the tip-of-the-iceberg test:\u00a0In that test <\/span>I choo<\/span>se a search engine, restricteding<\/span> the results to the past 24 hours, entered a term and examined the results.\u00a0Below are the results of the five terms I recently ran recently\u00a0for this piece<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Difficult to stay abreast of new technology.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TEST: A web search resulted in 38 pages of new technology posting results in the last 24 hours<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Difficult to stay abreast of new or updated regulations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TEST: A web search resulted in 34 pages of new regulation posting results in the last 24 hours<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Difficult to stay abreast of new software update listings.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TEST: A web search resulted in 32 pages of new software update listings\u00a0posting results in the last 24 hours<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Difficult to stay abreast of new or modified vulnerabilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TEST:\u00a0A web search resulted in 24 pages of software vulnerabilities\u00a0posting results in the last 24 hours<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Difficult to stay abreast of new or modified malware advisories.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TEST: A web search resulted in 19 pages of new or modified malware advisories\u00a0posting results in the last 24 hours<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you look at those figures, it is easy to understand just <\/span>how easy it is to fall behind., even when you are trying to keep-up!\u00a0 However, I wanted to put a finer point on this challenge of continuous change.<\/span>\u00a0In addition,\u00a0a 2015\u00a0one <\/span>report by Symantec\u00a0identified in excess of<\/span>more than 430 million new <\/span>unique pieces of malware.\u00a0If you do the math t<\/span>That equates to nearly 14 unique pieces of new malware being released per second.\u00a0By the way, t<\/span>That is an increase of 36 percent from 2014.\u00a0Stop for just a moment and <\/span>Think how difficult it is to\u00a0about the degree of difficulty <\/span>keeping<\/span> up with the rate of continuous change that is currently occurring <\/span>in the global cyber domain. Now put that in a military context.\u00a0This is a huge challenge that we must successfully\u00a0be successful in <\/span>addressing successfully<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is little doubt that the challenge of<\/span>Keeping up with the pace of change will take a herculean effort\u00a0to try and keep up with the current pace that is accelerating<\/span>.\u00a0The management challenge<\/a> will likely be the most challenging area.\u00a0Many strategic advisers are <\/span>recommending<\/span> continuous-change readiness programs be implemented as soon as possible.\u00a0Obviously<\/span>The task of continuous change is especially\u00a0extra <\/span>tricky in today\u2019s cyberthreat environment. Hold on, it is<\/span>\u00a0Plus, it’s about to become more complex due to emerging\u00a0several <\/span>technologyies that are currently emerging and about the enter the rapid adoption and advancement stage of their lifecycles<\/span>.\u00a0All of <\/span>This requires every organization to adopt a continuous learning philosophy.\u00a0This is changing so fast that there are no experts.\u00a0That is of course unless you subscribe to my definition of an expert.\u00a0 EXPERT (ex\u00b7pert \u2013 ex, spirt) = Ex means former and spirt is a drip under pressure.\u00a0 If you use that definition there are allot of experts and that number is growing rapidly!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we want a chance t<\/span>To cope with the continuous change in the cyber environment, all organizations at a minimum <\/span>should: do the following.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n