via ZDNet The next arms race is on and the governments involved are speeding to amass the expensive weaponry of 21st century battle — hackers. No one, it seems, has enough and acquiring the cyber-security talent capable to conduct offensive and defensive operations is sending salaries for hack...
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via Government Computer News An interesting shift in this year’s McAfee report on critical infrastructure security is that the United States has gone from being the most feared nation for launching attacks to No. 3 this year, behind China and Russia. But if China is seen as the most offensive thre...
via PC Pro Mobile phones are the weak link in the UK’s cyber security set-up, according to university officials setting up a transatlantic security course. The University of Wales recently announced a tie-up with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to work on developing cyber security st...
via ComputerWeekly.com Rules for war and conduct in the air, at sea, and in space are well established, but there are no equivalents in cyberspace, says John Mroz, president and chief executive of the EastWest Institute (EWI). “In the cyber world, basic trust is lacking between nations and eve...
via info security British defense firm BAE Systems has agreed to acquire ETI A/S, a Danish cybersecurity firm, for approximately $212 million. ETI, with annual sales of approximately $61 million, employs 260 people in Denmark, the UK, the US, Asia, and the Middle East. BAE Systems said the acquisiti...