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Secretary General reveals key challenges to new Strategic Concept

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NATOSource

Sep 15, 2010

Secretary General reveals key challenges to new Strategic Concept

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  I am just about to complete my draft of the Strategic Concept. I will send it to nations, this month, and there will be on October 14th, what we call a “Jumbo” meeting of all the NATO Foreign and Defence Ministers, here in this building, to give their views on […]

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NATOSource

Sep 14, 2010

Deputy SecDef briefs NATO on new cybersecurity strategy

By Jim Garamone, Armed Forces Press Service

From Jim Garamone, Armed Forces Press Service:  Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III stirred a lot of interest and questions on cybersecurity during a briefing to the North Atlantic Council at NATO headquarters here today.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Sep 9, 2010

NATO Reset With Russia, but With Reassurance

By Linas Linkevicius, the International Herald Tribune

From Linas Linkevicius, the International Herald Tribune: The strategic concept will have to explain to our societies what NATO stands for in the 21st century. Allies approach this task from two different perspectives.

Cybersecurity Energy & Environment

NATOSource

Aug 26, 2010

NATO allies have key role in new Pentagon Cyber Security Strategy

By David Ignatius, the Washington Post

From David Ignatius, the Washington Post:   With little fanfare, the Pentagon is putting the finishing touches on a new strategy that will treat cyberspace as a domain of potential warfare — and apply instant "active defense" to counterattacks that, in theory, could shut down the nation’s transportation and commerce.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Aug 25, 2010

2008 Attack on CENTCOM Computers Is Confirmed

By Brian Knowlton, the New York Times

From Brian Knowlton, the New York Times:  A top Pentagon official has confirmed a previously classified incident that he describes as “the most significant breach of U.S. military computers ever

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Press Release

Aug 12, 2010

Atlantic Council Releases Two Issue Briefs on Cyber Defense and Security

Today, the Atlantic Council released new issue briefs examining two key points in the current cyber defense and security debate: the need for an integrated governmental approach and for consensus on the fundamental strategic assumptions. "Cyber Security: An Integrated Governmental Strategy for Progress," authored by former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Issue Brief

Aug 12, 2010

Strategies for a Cybered World

By Chris Demchak

In, “Conflicting Policy Presumptions about Cybersecurity: Cyber-Prophets, -Priests, -Detectives, and -Designers, and Strategies for a Cybered World,” U.S. Naval War College professor Chris Demchak examines the strategic assumptions of cyberspace and the nature of the cyber threat. Dr. Demchak identifies a set of “cyber communities” and recommends a way ahead to reach consensus on organizing […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Issue Brief

Aug 12, 2010

Cyber Security: An Integrated Governmental Strategy for Progress

By Franklin D. Kramer

“Cyber Security: An Integrated Governmental Strategy for Progress,” authored by former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and Atlantic Council Vice Chairman Franklin D. Kramer, lays out a whole of government approach that would ensure that the national security functions of the U.S. government can continue to operate while under cyber attack, establish […]

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NATOSource

Aug 4, 2010

New NATO division to deal with Emerging Security Challenges

By NATO

From NATO:  A new Division within the NATO International Staff has been created in order to deal with a growing range of non-traditional risks and challenges. The new Emerging Security Challenges Division (ESCD) started its work beginning of August and will be focusing notably on terrorism, the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, cyber defence, […]

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Jul 29, 2010

NATO and Russia: Trust, but make military plans

By the Economist

From the Economist:  In the heart of NATO’s military headquarters, SHAPE, near the Belgian city of Mons, an unspoken revolution is taking place: planners are thinking about how to defend eastern European members from Russian attack.

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Andrea Rigoni

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