Sigh. Not merely do we get this:

While DOD’s rules of engagement will direct military action in cyberspace, a wider national-level doctrine should lay the groundwork for a more comprehensive range of issues related to cybersecurity, from federal guidelines to everyday activities, Sample said.

For example, in the Cold War era there was an understanding of responsibility at the individual citizen level – take, for example, the drills in which schoolchildren would take shelter under their desks in preparation for a nuclear bomb. While that activity itself is an obsolete idea now, it represents the reach a national doctrine should have, Sample noted.

But also we get the unattributed:

For months, Defense Department officials have been at work establishing the rules of engagement that will govern military action in the internet. Despite recent assurances of their imminence, those rules have yet to be finalized, and some say their absence could affect national security.

“Some say…” – who? And why should we give a damn?

via Cyber rules of engagement still unfinished — FCW.