Most Sectors Not Prepared for Cyber Attack, Yet the Chinese are Best at Cybersecurity?

The United Stats is perhaps the most-networked nation in the world. We use information technology networks to conduct business, bank, shop and even conduct warfare. One of the greatest assets of the U.S. infrastructure is the prevalence of IT networks. It allows us to access information rapidly and conduct essential transactions.

This absolute reliance on networks also serves as one…

China Claims US Has ‘Cyber Army’ and ‘Hacker Brigade’

Since the cyber attacks against Google earlier this month, China and the United States have engaged in a “war of words: over cyberspace policy. Over the weekend, China accused the United States of conducting cyber warfare.

The People’s Daily, a Chinese government-run newspaper, said in an editorial:

“The U.S. was the first country in the world to introduce the…

Chinese and Iranians Battle in Cyberspace

On Monday evening, the Chinese search engine was hit by an attack from the ‘Iranian Cyber Army’, hackers who brought down Twitter briefly late last year. In response to the attacks, hackers in China sought to restore national pride by retaliating against websites registered in Iran.

One website registered in Iran had the following message displayed on its main page following a hack “Please tell your so-called Iranian Cyber…

Administration’s Barrage of Cyber Info

The Obama administration is stepping up its efforts to effectively educate the American public regarding cyber security issues. Janet Napolitano and President Obama have both conducted video presentations on cyber security in the past week.

With October designated by Obama as National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), the administration has sought to aggressively promote cyber education. The key point of NCSAM is that cyber security is a “shared responsibility” in…