Technology & Innovation

Germany Plans a New Cyber Defense Agency

By Spiegel

From Spiegel:  The number of cyber attacks in Germany and abroad has skyrocketed in recent years, costing the economy upwards of 10 billion euros annually.

Creating the Demand Curve for Cybersecurity

By Melissa Hathaway

In the latest Program on International Security Issue Brief “Creating the Demand Curve for Cybersecurity,” Melissa Hathaway, the former White House official who led President Obama’s Cyberspace Policy Review, argues for a new approach to cybersecurity in the absence of additional financial resources and greater Congressional constraints.Download the PDF

WikiLeaks and the Specter of Cyber War

By Harlan Ullman

Karl Marx proclaimed that a “specter was haunting Europe.” But it took decades before the specter of socialism became a reality in the formation of the Soviet Union. Today, a “cyberspecter” haunts us. We better be alert to it because we don’t have decades to wait. Cyberwar, computer hacking and the information revolution are well-worn […]

Poland to Join NATO Cyber Defense Center

By the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

It will Soon be Too Late to Stop the Cyberwars

By Bruce Schneier, the Financial Times

From Bruce Schneier, the Financial Times:  The world is gearing up for cyberwar. The US Cyber Command became operational in November. Nato has enshrined cyber security among its new strategic priorities.

Hungary’s Dept. FM: Wikileaks is a “serious crime” that affects the “security of the NATO alliance”

By James Morrison, the Washington Times

Three Outcomes from Lisbon

By James Stavridis, U.S. European Command

From James Stavridis, U.S. European Command:  [W]e were able to deliver the three key initiatives we have been seeking for several years

Stuxnet: Signs Could Point to Russia

By Chris Demchak

No smoking gun cleanly identifies the author of Stuxnet but three broad streams of evidence point away from the usual suspects of Israel, the US, or China.

NATO’s Lisbon Summit: All the Right Words

By James Joyner

NATO’s Lisbon Summit exceeded all reasonable expectations.  Yet it leaves critical questions about the Alliance unanswered. Once upon a time, the meeting was supposed to launch a new NATO, building on the experience in Afghanistan and forging a path for the decade to come.  But the combination of disillusionment with that mission and the devastating […]

NATO’s Top Challenges

By Damon Wilson and Jeffrey Lightfoot

As Alliance leaders gather in Lisbon, they must be able to address these top challenges in order to declare Lisbon a success: Transition in Afghanistan: Will NATO project a united front on transition of the ISAF mission to Afghan security forces, or will the Allies appear to be rushing for the exits under political pressure […]