Lynn Highlights Threats in Cyberspace

Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn, speaking at the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis-Fletcher Conference on National Security Strategy and Policy, discussed the evolution of the threat landscape, in which adversaries use methods like cyber warfare and improvised explosive devices to counter the US comparative advantage in conventional arms “Our dominance in conventional warfare has led adversaries to seek…

Australia Opens Center for Cyber War

The Australian Department of Defense has opened a new center for cyber security in Canberra. The center will be staffed over 50 existing staff from the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) and will also include representatives from Australian intelligence (ASIO), the Australian federal police and the Attorney General’s Office.

The center is supposed to eventually be staff by as…

US and Russia Discuss Cyber Security

The United States, Russia and the UN have begun talks on cyber security and limits to warfare in the cyber context according to a report in the New York Times. This shift highlights the growing realization that cyberspace is rapidly becoming weaponized and more players are capable of launching attacks through cyberspace, often with anonymity.

In November, a member of the Russian Security Council came to the US for talks…

US Employs Cyber Attacks Too

A number of foreign countries have been implicated in conducting cyber attacks in the past few years, including China and Russia (though it is unclear if it is government entities or individuals).

In a recent article in The National Journal, Shane Harris reports the United States has also conducted offensive cyber attacks against insurgents in Iraq.

According to Harris, in 2007 the Bush administration authorized the National Security Agency…