Cybersecurity

After Criticizing US, France Finds Itself in Spotlight for Spying

By Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor

From Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor:  Eric Denécé, director of the French Center for Intelligence Studies and a former military intelligence analyst, says he expects the spying allegations on Europe to be little more than a political blip

Revelation of Extensive Electronic Spying by French Intelligence

By Jacques Follorou et Franck Johannès, Le Monde

From Jacques Follorou et Franck Johannès, Le Monde:  If the revelations about the American espionage program Prism set off a chorus of indignation in Europe, France itself protested only weakly.

How the NSA Targets Germany and Europe

By Laura Poitras, Marcel Rosenbach, Fidelius Schmid, Holger Stark and Jonathan Stock, Spiegel

Senators Seek Study on Risk of Cyber Attacks Against Missile Defense Systems

By Global Security Newswire

From Global Security Newswire:  The Senate Armed Services Committee wants the Defense Department to undertake an audit of its missile defense systems to see what, if any, technologies are vulnerable to cyber strikes, Inside Defense reported on Tuesday.

Too Many Archdukes, Too Many Bullets

By Harlan Ullman

Ninety-nine years ago this Friday, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his pregnant wife Sofia were gunned down in Sarajevo by a 19-year old Bosnian Serb nationalist named Gavrilo Princip. The assassinations quickly provoked a crisis that more quickly erupted into world war. Ironically, many of the elites in Europe believed that an early 20th-century version of […]

New Strategic Triad for the US

By James Stavridis, Foreign Policy

From James Stavridis, Foreign Policy:  As we sail more deeply into the turbulent 21st century, however, there is another triad that bears considering that will be a critical part of U.S. security in the decades to come.

US and Russia Sign Cyber Security Pact

By White House

From White House:  The United States and the Russian Federation are creating a new working group, under the auspices of the Bilateral Presidential Commission, dedicated to assessing emerging ICT threats and proposing concrete joint measures to address them.