For what it’s worth, I hate teasing stories. Sometimes I find out enough about the documents that I know they will be significant even before I see them. That is precisely what has happened in the last few days, and I expect to have an important set of documents within the next week. It might be the most important story I have stumbled on to date.
All the academic work here is aligned under the "Enhanced Attribution" project, which has existed for a decade, under various names, various organizations, and, unsurprisingly, has seen recent budget cuts. The stated long-term plan is to transition the project to JCWA. Headline of GAO's report on JCWA: "Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture Would Benefit from Defined Goals and Governance"
It seems like the academics are the rubes in this boondoggle, got played, and are left holding the bag.
All the academic work here is aligned under the "Enhanced Attribution" project, which has existed for a decade, under various names, various organizations, and, unsurprisingly, has seen recent budget cuts. The stated long-term plan is to transition the project to JCWA. Headline of GAO's report on JCWA: "Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture Would Benefit from Defined Goals and Governance"
It seems like the academics are the rubes in this boondoggle, got played, and are left holding the bag.