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The National Institutes of Standards and Technology published a set of voluntary standards to help critical infrastructure companies improve security, but the framework can be applied to enterprise security generally as well.
The US military is spending millions to build "vanishing" technology that self-destructs on the battlefield to prevent micro-electronic sensors and other devices from falling into enemy hands.
A report released today by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee outlines a number of security mistakes at the IRS, Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other agencies.
Kaspersky Lab said on Monday that it has been investigating a sophisticated cyber-espionage operation that it is calling “one of the most advanced threats at the moment”.
President Barack Obama is expected to name a US Navy admiral as the next head of the embattled National Security Agency, the Washington Post reported Monday.
Hackers attacked Israeli computers including one used by the defense ministry department dealing with civilians in the occupied West Bank.
France will soon launch a 1.5-billion-euro ($2 billion) plan to defend itself against cyber war as a strategic priority.
According to a new report released by the World Economic Forum, failure to improve cyber security could cost the world economy trillions of dollars in economic value and lead to more frequent cyber attacks.
Researchers at FireEye say that South Korea, Japan and Taiwan are among the favorite targets of sophisticated hackers.
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Enemy infrastructure is and always has been an important military target. The difference is that with increasingly automated and connected infrastructure, the ability for an enemy to target these systems digitally has increased, putting these systems at greater risk.
I believe that no other nation can match the capabilities of the United States military, but at the same time, matching the level of resources and investment in cyber being made by nation states such as China could prove impossible.
The building blocks for a robust cybersecurity strategy are not uniquely different from security requirements for a traditional enterprise...
When the Chinese government states that it is not behind most of these attacks – it is possibly telling the truth. That the Chinese government has offensive cyber capabilities are not disputed. What is not a given is that all of this activity has been officially prompted or sanctioned.
It remains to be seen how the big powers will come to agree on the precise rules to govern cyber operations – currently the international legal status is uncertain, but the little players had better concentrate on improving old and developing new defensive measures.
Cyberwar, at least the type where infrastructure or actual lives are targeted and destroyed, will not just happen for the fun of it. There are consequences to any such activity, as recent policy activity and policy makers make clear.
It is because of the ambiguities and problems of definition and categorization that an International Agreement on acceptable and agreed cyber operations is the wisest and safest course of action.
One of the main criticisms that opponents of the Cyberwar Meme raise, is that much of the reporting on the subject is sensationalist, or worse, war- or fear-mongering. Aside from the implication that anyone warning about the dangers of cyberwarfare is accused of having ulterior motives, it also implies that there is no real danger.
How do reconnaissance and surveillance relate to cyber space? In traditional warfare they are key to finding the enemy or to confirm or deny their course of action. These capabilities are also essential in cyber space.
All warfare is based on deception. There is sufficient evidence to prove that China utilizes cyber-espionage, but are cyber attacks being overly attributed to China?
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