Former CIA Official: ‘Cyber Will Be Key Component of Any Future Conflict’

Cyber war is an imminent threat, the former director of the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center Cofer Black said yesterday during his keynote speech at the Black Hat Security Conference in Las Vegas.

The counterterrorism official who raised the alarm that a major terrorist attack was coming before 9/11 warned conference attendees of the parallels he…

LandWarNet Speaker Lineup Announced; DoD’s Teri Takai to Participate

Held Aug. 23-25 in Tampa, Fla., the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s LandWarNet Conference 2011 will focus on “Transforming Cyber While at War” and feature speakers, panel sessions, information exchange forums and exhibits.

AFCEA today announced some of the confirmed speakers, which include industry executives as well as government officials. From…

New Dictionary Defines Cyber Concepts

If there is anything cyber experts, media and Congress all struggle with when discussing cyberspace, it is the definitions of key concepts in that realm. Now, a U.S.-Russian initiative is proposing common definitions to help establish standards and clear up some of the widespread  confusion.

The EastWest Institute and the Information Security Institute of…

Report: Rhetoric of ‘Cyber Doom’ Lacks Evidence of Real Threat

The federal government is exaggerating the threat of a cyber war in a manner reminiscent of the run-up to the Iraq War, with the emergence of a cyber-industrial complex much like the military-industrial complex of the Cold War, according to a new report from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

Over the past two years, the increased federal involvement…

Stuxnet is Cyber ‘Hiroshima’

Snobbish protestations to the contrary, Stuxnet is a big deal in the cyber world. The little (computer) worm that targeted Iran’s nuclear program and served as a middle-of-the-night, cold-sweat wake-up call for cybersecurity professionals the world over was not merely the opening shot in a cyber war, a

Vint Cerf, Melissa Hathaway to Speak at AFA’s CyberFutures Conference

The Air Force Association‘s newest event, the CyberFutures Conference and Technology Exposition, will explore cyberspace with energetic discussions, the latest in IT and education and a career fair for job seekers.

AFA has teamed up with military-to-civilian recruitment firm RecruitMilitary to host a career fair…

CACI’s Dr. Jack London on WikiLeaks, the Insider Threat and Defining Cyber War

In the wake of the WikiLeaks disclosures that tarnished American diplomatic relations and highlighted the issue of the insider threat, many wondered whether leaks can ever be stopped. CACI International Inc‘s Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board Dr. Jack London, who previously called the world…

Report: Boosted Cyber Defense Won’t Scare Hackers

Although military cyber weaponry will become customary this century, it will unlikely prevent attacks by hacktivists and criminal gangs, and could easily be used for state-sponsored cyber attacks instead, according to study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

The British authors of the study, which was released Monday, also warns that “lurid language” and…

Estonia Fights Cyber Threat with Volunteer Cyber Army

When other countries struggle to find skilled cybersecurity professionals to safeguard networks and systems, Estonia is the first nation in the world to tap a volunteer cyber workforce of programmers, computer scientists and software engineers as defenders of the nation’s digital battlefield.

Called the Cyber Defense League, the volunteer organization in…

Bruce Schneier: Cyber War Treaties Needed to Battle Digital Weaponry

Governments should set up hotlines between their cyber commands, similar to those used between nuclear commands, to help them battle against cyber attacks, as well as establish treaties to battle digital weaponry,  a security expert proposes.

Writing an op-ed for Financial Times, security guru Bruce Schneier highlights that the unknown nature of cyber…