Cybersecurity

Canada doubles spending on cyber security

By Canada's Ministry of Public Safety

From Canada’s Ministry of Public Safety:  The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, today announced funding to further implement Canada’s Cyber Security Strategy and strengthen Canada’s efforts to achieve a secure, stable, and resilient digital infrastructure.

Obama administration divided over ‘openly admitting that the United States has deployed a new cyber weapon’

By Thom Shanker and David E. Sanger, New York Times

From Thom Shanker and David E. Sanger, New York Times:  In advance of Mr. [Secretary of Defense Leon] Panetta’s speech in New York on Thursday, senior officials debated how much to talk about the United States’s offensive capabilities, assessing whether such an acknowledgment could help create a deterrent for countries contemplating attacks on the country.

U.S. suspects Iran behind wave of cyberattacks

By Thom Shanker and David E. Sanger, New York Times

From Thom Shanker and David E. Sanger, New York Times:  American intelligence officials are increasingly convinced that Iran was the origin of a serious wave of network attacks that crippled computers across the Saudi oil industry and breached financial institutions in the United States

Panetta and US declaratory policy on preemptive cyber attacks

By Leon Panetta, Department of Defense

From Leon Panetta, Department of Defense:  Potential aggressors should be aware that the United States has the capacity to locate them and to hold them accountable for their actions that may try to harm America.

Panetta on cyber threats to the US: ‘ This is a pre-9/11 moment’

By Leon Panetta, Department of Defense

From Leon Panetta, Department of Defense:  [T]he greater danger facing us in cyberspace goes beyond crime and it goes beyond harassment.  A cyber attack perpetrated by nation states are violent extremists groups could be as destructive as the terrorist attack on 9/11.

Mitigating Cyber Threat to Innovate the Nuclear Power Market

By Jason Harmala

On October 11, the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative and the World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS) hosted a roundtable to explore the use of market-based tools to promote security culture and voluntary cyber mitigation measures in the private nuclear industry.

U.S. Cyber Chief: ‘Either you know you’ve been hacked, or you’ve been hacked and you don’t know you’ve been hacked’

By Amaani Lyle,  American Forces Press Service

From Amaani Lyle,  American Forces Press Service :  Analyzing and solving the challenge of cybersecurity is critical to the global economy, the National Security Agency director said during the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Cybersecurity Summit here today.

Norway increasing its 2013 defense budget, including 30% boost for cyber security

By Ministry of Defense of Norway