Security & Defense

Germany establishes new Cyber Defense Center

By Sebastian Fischer and Ole Reissmann, Spiegel

Head of Britain’s Navy warns of cutbacks if Libya Op lasts long

By Danica Kirka, AP

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 […]

NATO Revises Cyber Defense Policy

By hostexploit.com

From hostexploit.com:  It was announced on Wednesday that NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels, June 8-9, adopted a revised NATO Policy on Cyber Defense with further details of the next steps released today.

NATO aims to close 4 bases

By David Brunnstrom, Reuters

From David Brunnstrom, Reuters:  NATO officials also declined to provide details, but the reforms proposed by Rasmussen aimed to cut the number of major NATO bases to seven from 11.

Details of NATO’s new agency structure

By NATO

From NATO:  NATO has currently 14 NATO Agencies and they all provide essential capabilities and services to NATO Armed Forces. With the reform agreed today, NATO agencies will achieve greater synergy between similar functions.

Defense Ministers approve NATO reforms

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  NATO Defence Ministers have just approved a set of important reforms. They will make NATO leaner, more flexible, and better able to deal with future challenges.

NATO examines cyber threats at conference in Tallinn

By AFP

From AFP:  Three hundred global cyber experts gathered in Tallinn Tuesday for a NATO Cyber Conflict conference focused on the legal and political aspects of national and global Internet security amid a rise in attacks.