Items Tagged with "National Security"
Hard Power, Soft Power, and the Power of Digital Espionage
May 21, 2012 Added by:Scot Terban
By combining the military, the economic, and the political aspects of soft and hard power, and the gray’s in between, China has become a force to be reckoned with. In order to better understand the mosaic, we need to re-tool some of the ideas we have preconceived for ourselves...
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US vs. China: Is the Cyber Warfare Gap Increasing?
May 21, 2012 Added by:Pierluigi Paganini
"We continue to see China expressing interest in making investments to improve their capacity for operations in cyberspace, and that is something that we pay very, very careful attention to. There is the potential for these types of operations to be very disruptive..."
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Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China
May 21, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"In 2011, computer networks and systems around the world continued to be targets of intrusions and data theft, many of which originated within China. Although some of the targeted systems were U.S. government-owned, others were commercial networks owned by private companies..."
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SCADA Security: Consequences and Difficulty with Incentives
May 19, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
Here's the problem - when it comes to critical infrastructure protection it's very difficult to legislate and regulate the organizations that matter into a state of better security. The problem is that in order to enforce policy and rules there either have to be consequences to failing, or incentives not to fail - or both...
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US Enhances Cybersecurity Collaboration with Australia
May 18, 2012 Added by:Headlines
This statement of intent will help enhance situational awareness and information sharing on cybersecurity issues, increase collaboration and sharing of cybersecurity best practices, and create opportunities for training and cooperation in cyber exercises...
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Air Force Command Realigns Cyberspace Capabilities
May 18, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"As the lead major command for space and cyberspace, Air Force Space Command is chartered to organize, train and equip space and cyberspace forces and is tasked to review and efficiently use the resources assigned to the command," said Lt.Gen. Michael J. Basla...
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White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt Resigns
May 17, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"It has been a tremendous honor for me to have served in this role and to have worked with such dedicated and professional colleagues both in the government and private sector. We have made real progress in our efforts to better deal with the risks in cyberspace..."
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China's Intelligence Apparatus: Implications for Foreign Firms
May 17, 2012
A business does not need to be located in the PRC to fall victim to espionage. This problem includes old fashioned spying outside of China, sometimes by a classic sleeper agents or by a PRC-owned or invested firm that assesses, develops, and recruits an agent inside your firm...
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Has Anonymous Infiltrated the US Government?
May 16, 2012 Added by:Pierluigi Paganini
"Right now we have access to every classified database in the U.S. government. It’s a matter of when we leak the contents of those databases, not if. You know how we got access? We didn’t hack them. The access was given to us by the people who run the systems…"
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No National 'Stand Your Cyberground' Law Please
May 14, 2012 Added by:William Mcborrough
We know that some attacks on our privately owned critical infrastructure have been attributed to foreign government networks. Would it be wise to license companies to attack these networks? The last thing we need is an international incident started by some SysAdmin..
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Pentagon CIO Discusses DoD's Cyber Defense Strategy
May 11, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"We deal with all aspects of cyber security. How to defend all our information. We have a lot of R&D to protect. There are those who want to get in and maliciously disable or damage or change information. We’re so heavily dependent on our network for a national security role..."
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Drones, Secret Surveillance, and Classifying the Wizard of Oz
May 11, 2012 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
The FAA finally released the names of the government agencies which applied for and received authorization to fly drones in the US. Unfortunately, the list did not include what drones were authorized, what they were being used for, or what information they were collecting...
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AQ, AQAP, BVD Bombs, CIA, INSPIRE, Media, Moles... Oh My
May 09, 2012 Added by:Scot Terban
Al-Qaeda has a plan to leverage the internet even more than they already are. I believe they will continue to put the magazine out and perhaps inspire others to make clones. The ubiquitous nature of the internet will only serve to allow their propaganda to be loosed upon us all...
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Legislation Would Stick Business with Cyberwar Costs
May 08, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"The legally mandated role of the government is to provide for the common defense, and they're willing to spend pretty much whatever it takes... If you're in a private organization, your legally mandated responsibility is to maximize shareholder value. You can't spend just anything..."
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DHS: National Preparedness Report and Cybersecurity
May 08, 2012
Cyber attacks have increased significantly in number and sophistication resulting in the Federal Government and private sector partners expanding their cybersecurity efforts. US-CERT reported an over 650-percent increase in the number of incidents reported by federal agencies...
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CISPA: The Devil is in the Details
May 08, 2012 Added by:Michelle Valdez
The problem with CISPA involves all the information added under one of the approved amendments. The vagueness about what information can be shared has caused most of the concern – especially that catch all category of “to protect the national security of the United States”...
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