Security & Defense

Cyber Offense is King

By Jorge Benitez and Jason Healey

Every single computer in the world can be hacked. From your personal computer at home to the office workstation of the CIA director, it is not possible to fully protect any computer from cyber penetration. For all the talk about cyber protection and the billions of dollars being spent ($3.2 billion in 2012 for the Pentagon […]

France Taps Paloméros for NATO Command Post in US

By Pierre Tran, Defense News

From Pierre Tran, Defense News:  France has nominated Gen. Jean-Paul Paloméros, French air chief of staff, as the next head of NATO’s Allied Command Transformation at Norfolk Va., sources familiar with the situation said. 

Cyber Chief: 17-fold increase in computer attacks on US infrastructure

By David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt, the New  York Times

From David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt, the New  York Times:  The top American military official responsible for defending the United States against cyberattacks said Thursday that there had been a 17-fold increase in computer attacks on American infrastructure between 2009 and 2011, initiated by criminal gangs, hackers and other nations.

Iran: US cyber attacks will face ‘teeth-breaking’ response

By Reuters

From Reuters:  The United States will face a "teeth-breaking" response if it continues to carry out cyber attacks against Iran, an Iranian official said Wednesday.

Cyber war on Iran may continue

By AFP

‘Organic jointness?’ NATO’s Connected Forces Initiative

By Julian Lindley–French, the New Atlanticist

From Julian Lindley–French, the New Atlanticist:  NATO must contend with two competing and contending inner-realities

U.S. to offer multinational command training for senior European officers

By Steven Beardsley, Stars and Stripes

From Steven Beardsley, Stars and Stripes:  After years of training Europe’s soldiers in on-the-ground tactics, U.S. Army Europe is focusing several echelons higher, training Europe’s senior leaders in the concepts of multinational command.

NATO: Connected Forces, Connected Minds?

By Julian Lindley-French

NATO must contend with two competing and contending inner-realities: a schism in Alliance strategic culture and concept, driven by deepening divisions over the world view and the future of the Euro; and the austerity-driven need for shrinking armed forces to work ever more closely together in a world in which the balance of power is […]

Taking the Cyberattack Threat Seriously

By Barack Obama, the Wall Street Journal

From Barack Obama, the Wall Street Journal:  [T]he cyber threat to our nation is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face.