News - Nordic Governments and cyber defence policies

Nordic governments have identified cyber defense as a priority and have decided to increase their investments in this domain :

- national military cyber defense centers (CDC) will be dedicated to cyberdefense. Norway has allocated $500 million to the creation of its CDC over the next five years. Denmark has allocated a $20 million annual budget for its CDC, rising to $30 million in 2017

- private sector (firms developing cyber security solutions) will work closely with government

- in the following months will be set up a connecting communications’ network linking to national cyber defense center and regulatory organizations (Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland)

Source: Cyber Defense Takes Center Stage in Nordic Cooperation

Book - #CyberDoc: No Borders, No Boundaries

A book soon to be published, from Tim Sample, called “#CyberDoc: No Borders, No Boundaries”

News - Cyber rules of engagement still unfinished

Cyber rules of engagement should be published soon by US DoD... but we are still waiting for them. Article by Amber Corrin, FCW, November 1st, 2012.  

News - Creation of a new cyber security research centre in Bristol

A center to combat cyber attacks has been launched on october 31st 2012 in Bristol. One of the objectives is to make UK one of the most secure places in the world to do business online (!)

News - Minister of communications denies Iran's complicity in cyber attacks

Reza Taqipour, Minister of Communication and Information technology, denied Iran's complicity in cyber attacks that recently targeted western banks (FARS News Agency. October 31, 2012).

News - Cyber attacks rose by 81% according to Symantec

According to Symantec, cyber attacks rose by 81% between 2010 and 2011 (Bankole Orimisan, The Guardian, October 31, 2012)

News - US Army and cyber training

The US Army includes cyber operations into its traditional training exercises. Army adds cyber war to combat training, october 29, 2012.