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May 27, 2011

Baltic states urge NATO to bolster cyber-defense

By AFP

From AFP:  NATO members must bolster their ability to fend off Internet-based attacks, Estonian Defence Minister Mart Laar, whose country fell victim to a "cyber-war" in 2007, said Thursday.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

May 25, 2011

Time for a NATO-China Council?

By Jorge Benitez

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen recently expressed a desire for NATO and China to develop a deeper relationship, comparable to the NATO-Russia Council.   He observed that NATO has formal relationships with four of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. The US, UK, and France are founding members of the Alliance and […]

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NATOSource

May 24, 2011

Internal memo reveals cyber attacks against NATO cause “wide-scale disruption”

By Spiegel

From Spiegel:  An internal NATO memo obtained by SPIEGEL shows just how worried the alliance is about cyber threats and how it plans to confront them "head-on." It also warns members that, if their shared defenses are to be robust and secure, each one needs to bolster their national defenses. NATO is increasing pressure on […]

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

May 24, 2011

Bringing a Gun to a Knife Fight: Striking Back in Cyber Conflict

By Jason Healey

If you pull a knife on a gunslinger, don’t be surprised if you get shot. This is one of the messages of the President’s new International Cyber Strategy.

Cybersecurity
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NATOSource

May 19, 2011

Norwegian military hit by cyber attack after it joins NATO strike missions in Libya

By Views and News from Norway

From Views and News from Norway: Norwegian military personnel were the targets of what’s being described as a “massive” cyber attack this spring, one day after Norway started bombing Libya with other UN- and NATO-backed forces.

Cybersecurity
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NATOSource

May 19, 2011

US intelligence to set up cyber-focused office in Estonia

By AFP

From AFP:  US intelligence is to open an office in the Estonian capital Tallinn to help boost the fight against cyber-crime, the US embassy in the Baltic state announced Wednesday. "Estonia was selected as the site for the new secret service office due to both the investigative nexus it provides in combating cyber and financial […]

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

May 16, 2011

America’s New Cyberspace Strategy

By Jason Healey

At an Atlantic Council event last year, the singer Bono declared, “From rock stars in DC to street kids in Rio, from Harlem to Haiti, from Cape Town to Cairo, we all have a stake in this word America.”  The White House’s new International Strategy for Cyberspace [PDF] roots that promise of rights and freedoms for all […]

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

NATOSource

May 12, 2011

White House releases new cybersecurity proposal

By the White House

From the White House:  This legislative proposal is the latest achievement in the steady stream of progress we are making in securing cyberspace and completes another near-term action item identified in the Cyberspace Policy Review. . . . Protecting our Nation’s Critical Infrastructure   Our safety and way of life depend upon our critical infrastructure […]

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New Atlanticist

May 2, 2011

Al Qaeda’s franchises after Osama Bin Laden

By J. Peter Pham

The death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden at the hands of Navy SEALs brings to a close a chapter that began more than fifteen years ago when the terrorist group declared war on the United States. As President Barack Obama noted in his address to the nation, “Justice has been done.” While pundits […]

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Event Recap

Apr 29, 2011

5th Annual Transatlantic Symposium on the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy

By Transatlantic Security Initiative

On April 29, 2016 the Atlantic Council partnered with the Delegation of the European Union to the United States and the United States Institute of Peace to organize the 5th Annual Transatlantic Symposium on the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP). This flagship conference is the largest public event hosted each year by the […]

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