Technology & Innovation

Russia to Create Cyberwarfare Units by 2017

By RIA Novosti

Russia plans to create special cyber-defense units to protect the country against online warfare in the coming years

Intelligence Community’s Assessment of Cyber Threats to the US

By Office of the Director of National Intelligence

The following excerpt is from the Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, delivered by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, January 29, 2014.

NATO 2013 Report: Broadening Partnerships for Global Security

By NATO

Today’s global challenges require a cooperative approach to security. Complementing the close relationships among NATO member countries, partnerships are an increasingly important part of the Alliance’s core business.

US Chief of Defense: NATO Examining Threats to its Southern Flank

By Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service

The NATO chiefs of defense “talked a little bit about today, a little bit about tomorrow, and a little bit about 10 years from now,” the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff [Gen. Martin E. Dempsey] said as he returned to Washington today from alliance meetings in Brussels.

2013 Year in Review: Saving Cyberspace

During 2013, the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative cemented its position as the most forward-leaning think tank on cyber policy issues in Washington, DC and perhaps the world. The goal of the program is “saving cyberspace” as this most transformative technology since Gutenberg is under threat, putting at risk the national security of the United […]

NATO-Backed Project Explores Legal Options To Respond to Cyberattacks

By Julian Hale, Defense News

Scholars involved in a project sponsored by NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn will meet in February to consider what options governments have, under international law, to respond to cyberattacks from other countries.

Russia Steps Up Military Aid to Syria’s Assad – Sources

By Jonathan Saul, Reuters

In recent weeks Russia has stepped up supplies of military gear to Syria, including armored vehicles, drones and guided bombs, boosting President Bashar al-Assad just as rebel infighting has weakened the insurgency against him

Russian Cyber Strategy and the War Against Georgia

By David J. Smith, inFocus Quarterly

Russia holds a broad concept of information warfare, which includes intelligence, counterintelligence, deceit, disinformation, electronic warfare, debilitation of communications, degradation of navigation support, psychological pressure, degradation of information systems and propaganda.