Intel and McAfee welcome European Union resolve to fight cyber threats By David Hoffman, Raj Samani and Christoph Luykx Today, the European Commission and the EU’s External Action Service (EEAS) presented its response to the growing threats presented in cyberspace by releasing a policy document (the “Communication”), outlining the longer term required actions together with Read more…
Tags: Cybercrime, cybersecurity, EMEA, global threat intelligence, public policy, Public-Private partnerships
Yesterday in Lille, the 5th CyberSecurity International Forum (FIC2013) ended with a speech by Manuel Valls, the French Minister of the Interior. Among the subjects, the Minister informed the audience about the increasing dangers of cyberjihad. Since January 11, France has been engaged in Mali. The Africans had appealed for urgent military aid to halt Read more…
After 17 months and billions in campaign spending, it was up to the scores of American people who flooded churches, schools, homes and auditoriums to cast their ballots for the future of American leadership. But amidst the highs and lows of election night, there was an ongoing conversation on how our votes were being counted. Read more…
At RSA San Francisco 2012, FBI Director Robert Mueller spoke about cybersecurity threats surpassing terrorism as a risk priority in the U.S. It was only a few years ago when cybercrime was juxtaposed with illegal narcotics and the position was made that cybercrime is a more lucrative industry than selling drugs. Some people might have written-off Read more…
Tags: cyberattacks, cybersecurity, RSA, security
It’s a sobering experience to read the Security and Defense Agenda’s (SDA) just-released report, Cybersecurity: The Vexed Question of Global Rules. The report, sponsored by McAfee, culls together interviews with 80 cyber-security experts in government, business, international organizations, and academia with a survey of 250 senior security practitioners, to get a handle on the cybersecurity Read more…
Tags: cybersecurity, Global Cybersecurity, Security and Defense Agenda
DefCon found new life in 2011; a new venue, a non-electronic badge, expanded audience base, and hacker kids. As a three-year veteran of the conference, I was struck by the number of kids strolling the convention floor – some of them with mohawks. DefCon Kids was designed to introduce 8 to 16 year olds to Read more…
Tags: cybersecurity, DefCon Kids, U.S. Cyber Challenge Camps
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