Cybersecurity

EU runs major cyber-war exercise

By the European Union

From the European Union:  Europe’s cyber security experts are testing their responses today in the first ever pan-European cyber-attack simulation exercise.

National intelligence director says budget will be moved from Pentagon control

By Ellen Nakashima, the Washington Post

From Ellen Nakashima, the Washington Post:  Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. said Tuesday that he has won a "conceptual agreement" to remove the $53 billion national intelligence budget from Pentagon control and place it under his purview by 2013

Cybered Conflict as a New Frontier

By Chris Demchak

Understanding basic cybered conflict begins first with two critical adages for the cyberspace user at any organizational scale: ‘user beware’ and ‘user prepare’.  First, if you or your organization are digitally connected to others to obtain something critical to the ability to operate, neither of you can sensibly fully trust anything reachable from that connect, […]

Cybered Conflict vs. Cyber War

By Chris Demchak

The US military named cyberspace a military domain and spawned endless repetitive conferences trying to fit cyberspace into concepts tied to the air, land, sea, and even nuclear domains.  The domain designation is useful for parsing the bureaucratic lines of authority among military services. It also makes for more accustomed objectives if our military seeks […]

Winners and Losers in new British defense budget

By  the Office of the Prime Minister

From the Office of the Prime Minister:  The following excerpts from Prime Minister David Cameron’s statement to the House of Commons on the Strategic Defence and Security Review

British Intell Chief: “Cyberspace is contested every day, every hour, every minute, very second.”

By the International Institute for Strategic Studies

From the International Institute for Strategic Studies:  On 12 October 2010 Iain Lobban, Director of the UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) urged greater awareness of the threats posed by cyber attacks in a speech at the IISS in London.

Worms of Mass Destruction

By Harlan Ullman

The alarms are deafening but who is listening? U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn wrote a remarkable piece in Foreign Affairs warning of the threats and dangers posed by cyberattacks. Shortly thereafter, as if on cue, the Stuxtnet worm struck Iran. Its target was controllers made by Siemens that Iran is using in its […]

New security threats require changes in NATO capabilities, not the nature of the Alliance

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

NATO seeks over a billion dollars for key security projects

By NC3A

From NC3A:  At the Industry Conference, NC3A officials have announced that during the next two years a range of potential business opportunities of up to as much as EUR 930 Million may be available, pending the approval of the Nations.  These opportunities range from re-competing the Afghanistan operational communications backbone, cyber defence, and improving NATO’s counter […]

Pentagon: The global cyberwar is just beginning

By Anna Mulrine, the Christian Science Monitor

From Anna Mulrine, the Christian Science Monitor:  The Pentagon is rapidly preparing for cyberwar in the face of alarming and growing threats, say senior defense officials, who add that sophisticated attacks have prompted them to take the striking step of investigating the feasibility of expanding NATO’s collective defense tenet to include cyberspace.