US Military Grooming Cyberwarriors

With hacking from alleged foreign, sovereign actors on the rise, the American military has quietly begun grooming a new generation of officers whose expertise is cyberwarfare. According to an Associated Press story in today's siliconvalley.com, the US Naval Academy is offering a major in cyber security. About three percent of Annapolis' Class of 2016 registered for the initiative. The Air Force has offered a degree program in computer science-cyberwarfare for nearly a decade. The Army has also gotten into the act.

Of course, practical training in cyber conflict comes with some unique challenges. As an Air Force officer noted, "You just can't go out there and start hacking. That's against the law."