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Mar 26, 2012

NATO’s cyber Rapid Reaction Team to be operational in 2012

By NATO

From NATO:  By the end of 2012, a rapid reaction team (RRT) capability of NATO cyber defence experts will be operational.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Mar 26, 2012

NATO launches exercise to beef up cyber defense

By AFP

From AFP:  NATO’s Tallinn-based cyber defence centre on Monday launched a three-day exercise involving European IT and legal experts in a bid to beef up cyber defence skills through gaming.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Mar 23, 2012

Cyber spying uncovered at conference on Belarus dictatorship

By Nina Berglund, Views and News from Norway

From Nina Berglund, Views and News from Norway:  Just as a major conference on the dictatorship in Belarus was getting underway in Oslo on Thursday, came an ominous echo from the Cold War past: All those in attendance were warned from the podium that a spy was among them.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Mar 21, 2012

Russia considering establishing cyber-security command

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  The Russian government is considering setting up a dedicated cyber-security command, responsible for protecting the armed forces’ information systems, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Wednesday. "We are currently discussing the question of setting up a cyber-security command," said Rogozin, who has responsibility for Russia’s military-industrial complex. "This is in connection […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

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Mar 19, 2012

U.S. accelerating cyberweapon research

By Ellen Nakashima, the Washington Post

From Ellen Nakashima, the Washington Post:  The Pentagon is accelerating efforts to develop a new generation of cyberweapons capable of disrupting enemy military networks even when those networks are not connected to the Internet, according to current and former U.S. officials.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Mar 16, 2012

Cybersecurity Legislation Should Force US Government to Listen Less and Speak More

By Jason Healey

To defend itself from the onslaughts of online crime and espionage backed by China and other nations, America’s private sector needs the capabilities of the US government. These tax-paying companies are on the new front lines of the cyber conflict, in which private enterprise is facing nation-state funded threats. Given their role in maintaining America’s […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Mar 14, 2012

U.S. and Britain strengthen cyber defenses to ‘counter advanced persistent threats’

By the White House

From the White House:  President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron reaffirmed the vital partnership between our two nations on cybersecurity. 

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Mar 14, 2012

Lessons from the First Cyber Commanders

By Jason Healey and Karl Grindal

Even though major conflicts have occurred in cyberspace since the mid-1980s, these are largely unknown and untaught, making it far more likely that the United States will have to continually relearn the same lessons.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Mar 10, 2012

China suspected of Facebook attack on NATO’s supreme allied commander

By Nick Hopkins, the Guardian

From Nick Hopkins, the Guardian:  Nato’s most senior military commander has been repeatedly targeted in a Facebook scam thought to have been co-ordinated by cyber-spies in China

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

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Mar 10, 2012

Mitigating NATO’s Invisible Risk

By Jordan Becker, the New Atlanticist

From Jordan Becker, the New Atlanticist:  As Europe becomes a modest producer rather than a consumer of security and the US engages in a “strategic pivot” toward the Asia Pacific

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