Cyber War - Are we at war today?

Recent activity in Ukraine has demonstrated the way that cyber operations influence military actions as technology is used for almost every aspect of modern living.  I had the opportunity to attend the International Conference on Cyber Conflict in Tallinn Estonia, the home of the NATO Center of Excellence for Cyber Defense.  Speakers included the Ambassador from Ukraine and General Nakasone, Head of US Cyber Command.  The attached presentation gives some of the thoughts behind the concept of Cyber Warfare and the US stance today.  You can look at the presentation here. cyber_war_22.pdf 

In the presentation the challenges associated with understanding the threat to individuals, companies and even governments are discussed in terms of the volume of malware, the velocity of data on today's internet and the variety of actors.  All of this adds up to Big Data requiring computers to assist the small number of trained workers able to protect us in this relatively new domain that we take for granted with our smart phones, our web browsing and on-line shopping.