via Fierce Government IT Metaphors about cyberspace and cybersecurity have obscured as much as clarified, says a paper by Adriane Lapointe, a National Security Agency official currently a visiting fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. In a paper published Sept. 9 by CSIS, Lap...
via Boston.com LONDON — America’s new cyber czar said yesterday that international law and cooperation — not another treaty — are enough to tackle cybersecurity issues for now. Christopher Painter, coordinator for cyber issues for the State Department, declined to comment on ...
via US Department of Defense WASHINGTON, May 16, 2011 — White House officials released an international cyberstrategy here today that will help to build a “coalition of nations [with a] mutual interest in securing cyberspace,” Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said. The ...
via Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — The attack lacked the explosive impact of a roadside bomb or the visceral threat of incoming bullets. Defending against it wasn’t a matter of finding cover and returning fire. This was a new kind of war. The only giveaway the United States was being tar...
via NextGov The Defense Department is building a database to cull traffic from networks across government and other sectors, which will participate on a voluntary basis, to develop a fuller view of online threats, a top Defense official said. U.S. Cyber Command, the Defense Department’s new jo...