Cyber armies: Preparing for the next war?

Many experts believe that the next war will involve both conventional warfare and cyber warfare. Countries throughout the world are investing heavily in defensive and offensive capabilities. Today we are going to look several countries' cyber military capabilities.

Your task: Research your assigned country and find out as much as you can about their cyber military program. Prepare a briefing to present to the President of the United States.

Here are a few things you should try to find out:

• Name of program
• Size of program
• Budget
• When established
• Level of organization/acknowledgement by the government
• Recruitment/Training
• Suspected or known operations
• Defensive vs. Offensive
• Threat assessment
• Any other pertinent information

Countries: Iran, India, Russia, China, Israel, Syria, United Kingdom