Cyberspace And Space

Question 1

A key organizational concept behind the stand-up of USCYBERCOM is:

Answer 1

It’s co-location with the NSA

Question 2

What is a traditional cyber threat?

Answer 2

Threat focused against capabilities that enable our air, land, maritime, SpecOps, and space forces

Question 3

What is a irregular cyber threat?

Answer 3

Using cyberspace as an unconventional asymmetric means to counter advantages. (Attacking financial sector)

Question 4

_____threats involve the acquisition, possession, and use of WMD

Answer 4

Catastrophic

Question 5

_____ are breakthrough technologies that may negate/reduce current US advantages in war fighting domains.

Answer 5

Disruptive Threats

Question 6

Natural threats that can damage/disrupt cyberspace include:

Answer 6

Events such as floods, hurricanes, solar flares, lighting, and tornadoes.

Question 7

What type of events often produce highly destructive effects requiring the DOD to maintain or restore key cyberspace systems?

Answer 7

Natural threats

Question 8

There are countless ______in ______associated with computer and communications technologies in which adversaries often pick as the first attack vector.

Answer 8

Weak links, supply chains

Question 9

What is insider vulnerability?

Answer 9

People trusted with legitimate access rights to information systems/networks that could pose a threat.

Question 10

What are the three types of Industrial Control Systems that create potential vulnerabilities to a network?

Answer 10

Policy and Procedure
Platform Vulnerabilities
Network Vulnerabilities

Question 11

SSA (Space situational awareness) is necessary to:

Answer 11

Defend the Air Force space systems, accurately determine space system failure, and provide Intel on adversary space capabilities

Question 12

_____ preserve US and friendly ability to exploit space to its advantage via active and passive actions to protect friendly space related capabilities

Answer 12

(DCS) - Defensive counter space operations

Question 13

Offense of counter space operations seek an attack targets in three general categories:

Answer 13

Space Nodes
Terrestrial Nodes
Communication Links

Question 14

What are the four major environmental threats to spacecraft in earths orbit?

Answer 14

Atmosphere
Micrometeoroids/space junk
Radiation
Charged Particles

Question 15

How do you spacecraft feel the effects of atmosphere?

Answer 15

It is felt in Drag which tends to reduce forward motion and Atomic Oxygen which causes break down or rusting of surfaces.

Question 16

What are hypervelocity impacts?

Answer 16

Impact between spacecraft and objects moving at fantastic speeds causing catastrophic damage.

Question 17

How does the suns radiation affect spacecraft?

Answer 17

Radiation such as x-rays and gamma rays can lead to problems such as heating and derogation to surfaces.

Question 18

What is perhaps the most dangerous aspect of the space environment?

Answer 18

Charged particles from solar wind in flares, galactic cosmic rays, and the Van Allen radiation belts.