China, Russia 'aggressive' in cyberspace: US intelligenceChina and Russia are "aggressive" players in cyberspace Coined by William Gibson in his 1984 novel "Neuromancer," it is a futuristic computer network that people use by plugging their minds into it! The term now refers to the Internet or to the online or digital world in general. See Internet and virtual reality. Contrast with meatspace. , the US intelligence chief said Tuesday as a report identified enhancing cybersecurity as a national priority. The 2009 National Intelligence Strategy (NIS Niš or Nish (both: nēsh), city (1991 pop. 175,391), SE Serbia, on the Nišava River. An important railway and industrial center, it has industries that manufacture textiles, electronics, spirits, and locomotives. ), a four-year blueprint for the intelligence community, "elevates the importance of the challenges we face in the cyber (1) From "cybernetics," it is a prefix attached to everyday words to add a computer, electronic or online connotation. The term is similar to "virtual," but the latter is used more frequently. See virtual. domain," Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair Dennis Blair is the name of:
The NIS did not point to any particular country as a cyber threat, but Blair, speaking to reporters as the report was released singled out China and Russia. "China is very aggressive in the cyberworld," he told reporters. "So is Russia and others." The NIS warned that "foreign entities, including state and non-state actors Non-state actors, in international relations, are actors on the international level which are not states. The admission of non-state actors into international relations theory is inherently a rebuke to the assumptions of realism and other "black box" theories of international , violent extremist groups, cyber intruders, and criminal organizations, are increasingly undermining US interests in myriad and growing ways. "Globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation of the marketplace and the openness of modern information networks have enabled our adversaries? goals," the report said. "At the tactical level, they are intent on penetrating our critical infrastructure, information systems, and leading industries," it said. The report recommended that counter-intelligence measures be employed "across the cyber domain to protect critical infrastructure." Among the missions of the intelligence community should be to "understand, detect, and counter adversary adversary traditional appellation of Satan [O.T.: Job 1:6; N.T.: I Peter 5:8] See : Devil cyber threats to enable protection of the nation?s information infrastructure," the NIS said. Warning that the Internet is "neither secure nor resilient See resiliency. ," it said "nation states and non-governmental entities are compromising, stealing, changing, or destroying information, and have the potential to undermine national confidence in the information systems upon which our economy and national security rests." It recommended cyber expertise be extended throughout the intelligence community "as well as with allied intelligence services, industry, and the academic community" and that steps be taken to protect US infrastructure. The report said the "explosive growth" in the volume of data posed challenges in itself and US intelligence needs to improve its ability to "'sense data' and our capabilities to 'make sense of data.'" "History proves that riding the leading edge of technology is critical to the (intelligence community's) ability to deliver better intelligence," it said. 
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