Technology & Innovation

New security threats require changes in NATO capabilities, not the nature of the Alliance

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

NATO seeks over a billion dollars for key security projects

By NC3A

From NC3A:  At the Industry Conference, NC3A officials have announced that during the next two years a range of potential business opportunities of up to as much as EUR 930 Million may be available, pending the approval of the Nations.  These opportunities range from re-competing the Afghanistan operational communications backbone, cyber defence, and improving NATO’s counter […]

Pentagon: The global cyberwar is just beginning

By Anna Mulrine, the Christian Science Monitor

From Anna Mulrine, the Christian Science Monitor:  The Pentagon is rapidly preparing for cyberwar in the face of alarming and growing threats, say senior defense officials, who add that sophisticated attacks have prompted them to take the striking step of investigating the feasibility of expanding NATO’s collective defense tenet to include cyberspace.

Cyberattacks After Stuxnet

By Derek Reveron

Recent revelations about the Stuxnet worm have changed the way we think about cyber attacks.  It is remarkable for a number of reasons. It is the first known worm to target exclusively industrial control systems that are used in factories, power plants, chemical facilities, and other large systems. In the most dramatic scenario, the worm […]

NATO SecGen proposes that cyber attacks trigger NATO response

By Deutsche Welle

From Deutsche Welle:  [A] newspaper report in Germany says that NATO is considering a policy of making an online attack on one member an attack on the alliance as a whole. The German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported that NATO Secretary General Anders Rasmussen was pushing for the measure to be adopted at an alliance summit in […]

EU looks to toughen up defenses against cyber warfare

By Deutsche Welle

From Deutsche Welle: The EU is preparing to strengthen defenses against large-scale online cyber attacks that could be used as a weapon. Meanwhile, a newspaper says NATO is planning to make online assaults a military alliance matter. European Union policymakers have proposed plans to strengthen defenses against the threat posed to its member states by […]

CYBERCOM won’t be fully operational by Friday deadline

By Stars and Stripes

From Stars and Stripes:  U.S. Cyber Command will not be fully operational by Friday’s deadline, military officials revealed Wednesday. “I don’t know that the 1 October deadline is holding strong and fast,” Pentagon spokeswoman Lt. Col. Rene White said. Perhaps the biggest issue is defining what it means to be fully operational. “That’s a good […]

A NATO Cyber Alliance

By Kevin Coleman, Defense Tech

From Kevin Coleman, Defense Tech: Last week U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn III discussed the five-pillar strategy with NATO leaders in Europe in efforts to promote joint cyber security initiatives.  According to a press services report, Lynn held the discussion with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen before delivering a briefing to the alliance’s […]

US urges NATO to build “cyber shield”

By AFP

From AFP:  NATO must build a "cyber shield" to protect the transatlantic alliance from any Internet threats to its military and economic infrastructures, a top US defence official said Wednesday. Cyber security is a "critical element" for the 28-nation alliance to embrace at its summit of leaders in Lisbon on November 19-20, US Deputy Defence […]