Cybersecurity

NATO Cyber Defense: Moving Past the Summit

By Jason Healey

Earlier this month, the Alliance’s defense ministers adopted a new Cyber Defense Policy and Action Plan, fulfilling and moving beyond the policy basics of the Strategic Concept from the 2010 Lisbon Summit. Though the details are still classified, this blog will discuss the basics of the new policy which seems to root NATO in the things […]

Data breach from NATO-related website

By NATO

From NATO:  Police dealing with digital crimes have notified NATO of a probable data breach from a NATO-related website operated by an external company.

Comparing Norms for National Conduct in Cyberspace

By Jason Healey

Over the past few years, many states, intergovernmental organizations, and think tanks have offered proposals for new norms and principles to govern activity in cyberspace. We’re nearing a bifurcation between east and west. There is significant overlap between the proposals of the United States and United Kingdom and significant agreement between them and those of the […]

Who Needs NATO? We All Do

By Ivo H. Daalder, the International Herald Tribune

From Ivo H. Daalder, the International Herald Tribune:  Today, more than 150,000 troops participate in six NATO operations on three continents.

U.S. and Europe making progress in cyber security

By John D. Banusiewicz, American Forces Press Service

From John D. Banusiewicz, American Forces Press Service:  In cyberspace, the more attack signatures you can see, and the more intrusions you can trace, the better your defense will be,” he [Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III] explained.

Germany establishes new Cyber Defense Center

By Sebastian Fischer and Ole Reissmann, Spiegel

Turkey Cracks Down on ‘Anonymous’

By Marc Champion, the Wall Street Journal

From Marc Champion, the Wall Street Journal:  Turkish police have arrested 32 people in connection with attacks by the international hackers’ group Anonymous on the websites of government agencies. The Ankara police department that deals with smuggling and organized crime detained the suspects in cities all around the country Sunday, on suspicion of "illegally entering […]

Protecting Humanitarian Interests in Cyber Conflict

By Jason Healey

Recently, the EastWest Institute held a conference that, among other topics, considered possible “markers” for cyber warfare.   As they described the potential problem, “The Geneva and Hague Conventions direct that protected entities, protected personnel and protected assets [such as doctors, ambulances, or hospitals] be marked in a clearly visible and distinctive way [e.g., with a […]