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"The Pentagon left no room for argument last year when it declared cyber attacks a potential act of war. \"If you shut down our power grid, maybe we will put a missile down one of your smokestacks,\" a military official reportedly remarked. Yikes. Before we start bombing chimneys, however, the Department of Defense plans to draft up some relevant guidelines, noting in a recent House Armed Services Committee hearing that it will be delivering a set of cyberspace-specific rules of engagement in the coming months. \"We are working closely with the joint staff on the implementation of a transitional command and control model for cyberspace operations,\" said Madelyn Creedon, assistant secretary of defense for Global Strategic Affairs. In addition to setting ground rules for cyber-engagements, the DOD also plans to expand efforts to share classified information on possible threats with internet service providers and defense contractors."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/22/u-s-department-of-defense-preps-cyber-rules-of-engagement-plan/>