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21st Century Chinese Warfare
The history of Chinese warfare on American networks is rooted in the history of how China views the western world. According to Lt Col Bill Hagestad, Author of ‘21st Century Chinese Warfare’, you “cannot pick up a newspaper or read a blog without hearing about the cyber threats from the People’s Republic of China regarding their use of cyber and information warfare”. The following interview delves into this in detail and examines how the US can prepare for Chinese cyber attacks.

DOD Making Headway On Cybersecurity Testing Challenges
Lessons from simulated cyber attacks conducted late last year are helping the Defense Department better understand how to conduct effective cyber security testing on major weapons and information technology programs, according to a previously unreported Pentagon assessment. Continue reading.

He who defends everywhere defends nowhere” - Brigadier General Stone on Cyber Planning
There’s no way to have enough resources to be fully prepared at every state and local level for every contingency, so that’s a huge strength of the Incident Command System” says Brigadier General Michael Stone, Assistant Adjutant General, Michigan National Guard. In an IDGA exclusive interview Brig Gen Stone examines the main strengths and weaknesses of the ICS and highlights the ways in which the Michigan National Guard prepares for potential cyber attacks and deals with the issue of surge capacity.Click to read.

Lt Col Bill Hagestad on the Chinese Cyber Threat
Listen up to this IDGA exclusive featuring Lt Col Bill Hagestad, Author of ‘21st Century Chinese Warfare’. The following interview delves into this in detail and examines how the US can prepare for Chinese cyber attacks.

Examining the Incident Command System with Brig Gen Mike Stone, Michigan National Guard
There’s no way to have enough resources to be In an IDGA exclusive interview Brig Gen Stone examines the main strengths and weaknesses of the ICS and highlights the ways in which the Michigan National Guard prepares for potential cyber attacks and deals with the issue of surge capacity. Listen up!.

The Looming Specter of Cyber Warfare: Deprivations and Social Breakdowns
Keeping your finger on the pulse of evolving cyber threats is very difficult as they change so frequently and abruptly. In the following interview, IDGA’s @DefenseInsider explores the current and future landscape of cyber warfare with Scott Borg, CEO of the Cyber Consequences Unit. Chris Archer asks how cyber warfare will affect defense in the future and what’s being done to ensure the military and government remain ahead of the evolving threats. Scott Borg also reveals the current aims and priorities within the US Cyber Consequences Unit. Click to download.

• Examining the Incident Command System with Brig Gen Mike Stone, Michigan National Guard
  In an IDGA exclusive interview Brig Gen Stone examines the main strengths and weaknesses of the ICS and highlights the ways in which the Michigan National Guard prepares for potential cyber attacks and deals with the issue of surge capacity. Listen up!
• Mobile Gov. – A National Strategy Emerges
  Federal Agencies Prepare for National Mobility Strategy. Federal officials are taking a cue from the private sector by establishing a comprehensive and coordinated plan to let government agencies take full advantage of a new generation of mobile devices and applications. The goals of this national mobility strategy, spearheaded by federal CIO Steven VanRoekel, include improving the delivery of information and services, cutting costs, increasing productivity, fostering collaboration and engaging the public.
• Top Federal IT Threats
  InformationWeek Government Report shows that organized cyber-criminals and hacktivists are viewed as the greatest threats to IT security. At the same time, government IT pros say they’re least pre-pared for leaks that take place through social media.
• Surviving the Advanced Persistent Threat of Cyber ‘Hacktivists’
  Curtis Levinson, Cyber Subject Matter Expert and U.S. Liaison, NATO – explores the term ‘Advanced Persistent Threat’ and how this applies to the US Government. The following interview, conducted by IDGA’s @DefenseInsider, Chris Archer, asks Levinson to highlight common mistakes being made within government and industry with regards to the security of cyber networks, and to discuss the technologies which are pivotal to maintaining the security of sensitive information and networks. Read more…
• Obama’s Cyber Coordinator clarifies cyber policy concerns
  Christopher Painter, the US Department of State’s Cyber Coordinator, sits down for a discussion of the key issues. Here, Painter addresses the White House’s cyber policy when it comes to international partnering and global network protection, and how the private sector is standing head and shoulders above all others when it comes to securing our critical infrastructure.
• New Sherriff in Town: Law and order in US CYBERCOM
  LCDR Paul A. Walker of the US Navy’s JAGC is the Operations Law Attorney for US CYBERCOM. He spoke with us this year on several key issues, including the difficulties facing the legal system when dealing with the cyber domain, why he believes concerns over attribution have been overblown, and why he thinks existing rules of engagement and conventions of war can be applied without issue to cyberspace.

Electronic Warfare Article Series

Examples of Electronic Warfare Countermeasures
Introduction: Defeating IR missiles used to be an afterthought placed well behind surviving the radar missile threat. Now with the proliferation of advanced IR missiles, defeating the IR threat is becoming more important and more difficult. The primary countermeasure used to defeat IR missiles is the self-protection flare. This chapter will discuss flare characteristics and employment considerations. One of the main difficulties in defeating an IR missile is knowing that one has been launched.

EW in Operations
Introduction: The Army is currently expanding its electronic warfare (EW) capability. It maintains several EW systems in its inventory. Currently, all units whose sole purpose is to conduct EW operations are assigned to 1st Information Operations Command. When requested, these capabilities are provided to combatant commands for employment at corps and lower echelons.

Understanding Cryptography in Modern Military Communications
Information is the raw material of the 21st century. The exchange and gathering of information has become a central component of private and economic activities. Information is filed in documents and is transmitted by communication. If confidential information gets into the wrong hands, immense damage could be done.

Videos

• John Bumgarner, Chief Technology Officer, The US Cyber Consequences Unit
• Risk Analysis and Cyber Warfare
• Cyberwarfare: A Growing Problem for the U.S. Military and Government
• Ian J West, D\NCIRC TC, NCSA, NATO
• Defending the Defence Information Infrastructure: An Australian Perspective
• The Provisional USAF Cyber Warfare Command, Cyberspace Operations
• NATO, attribution and military cyber power
• The Noise of Cyber Warfare': Private Contractors Take Up Arms Against the Cyber Threat

Podcasts

• Cyber Security and Identity Management with Chris Ensey
  Chris Ensey, Associate Director for IBM's Institute for Advanced Security and Principal Security Strategist for IBM Federal, discusses best practices in identity management and cyber security. He elaborates on what enterprises need to be doing to protect themselves. He talks about internal and external threats and developments in IT infrastructure and software development lifecycles.
• Cyber Security with Dr. Ronald Ross of NIST
  Dr. Ronald Ross, is a senior computer scientist and information security researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He leads the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) Implementation Project. In this podcast he discusses the current threats faced by both civilian organizations and government agencies. He also talks about both technological and human efforts being implemented to deter the threats.
• US Air Force Explores the 'Power of Open Source' for Future Net Centric Warfare Capabilities
  Network resilience and interoperability are the linchpins that keep military net centric capabilities up and running. In fact, they are intimately intertwined. Without interoperability, there simply is no resilience. Lt Col Skip Stoltz is Commander of the US Air Force's 46th Test Squadron and, in this interview, he speaks about how warfighting elements must rely on testing to establish resiliency in many C4ISR elements.
• Head of USAF Cyber Strategy: “All warfare in the 21st Century is going to be dependent upon cyberspace
  Col. David Fahrenkrug, director of the US Air Force’s CSAF Cyber Strategic Studies Group, talks candidly to us about the structure of the United States’ cyber defense structure, how our need for battlespace information evolved from a need for air dominance, and the controversial use of offensive measures to defend a nation’s infrastructure. All comments and opinions are those of Col. Fahrenkrug and do not necessarily reflect those of the US Air Force.
• Cyber Warfare and Security: Ex-British SIS Reveals the Terror Risks
  Nigel Inkster is from the International Institute for Strategic Studies and has served in the British Secret Intelligence Service, focusing extensively on transnational issues, and eventually taking the post of Assistant Chief and Director for Operations and Intelligence.

Whitepapers

• “A Failed State of Security” – A Rational Analysis of Deterrence Theory and The Effect on CyberCrime
  
• Defending Cyberspace: A Framework to Improve Global Performance, Resiliency, and Security in the Global Supply Chain.
  A stronger framework means a better-defended network. Maintaining security in cyberspace is a never-ending battle. However, with the IBM Security Framework, federal organizations can better defend themselves to overcome any attacks. Download the white paper to see how the framework can help federal
• Reducing Systemic Cybersecurity Risk
  It is unlikely that there will ever be a true cyberwar. The reasons are: many critical computer systems are protected against known exploits and malware so that designers of new cyber weapons have to identify new weaknesses and exploits; the effects of cyberattacks are difficult to predict – on the one hand they may be less powerful than hoped but may also have more extensive outcomes
• Blue Coat: The Federal Case for Application Delivery Networks
  No matter which branch of government you serve, your IT organization has to deliver applications to the right people, at the right time, wherever they are. In a tough economy where IT budgets are being slashed everywhere, you need a cost-effective infrastructure. Read about Blue Coat Systems' solutions.
• ISM Whitepaper: Cyber Risk in Critical National Infrastructure
  In the realm of cyber security, threats are treated in isolation, analyzed in separation from the actor behind the attack, or the cyber weapon that is utilized in the incident. This may have been because of a lack of resources and skills, or it may be because organizations do not see how the identity of the actor affects their tactical choices in deploying its defense, unless the attack was perpetrated internally.

Articles

• Navy And Marine Corps Consolidating Cyber Training And Testing
  Inside the Navy -- The Navy intends to consolidate and conduct Navy and Marine Corps cyber training, exercise and test and evaluation events within the Defense Department's National Cyber Range, according to a top service official. A moratorium has been established on all "investments in new cyber range-like capabilities without [Navy Chief Information Officer] approval," Navy CIO Terry Halvorsen wrote in a Feb. 1 memorandum.
• Protecting the Critical Infrastructure: New Ideas in Sensor Networks Lay a Path Contributor: Chris Ensey
• Independent Secured Networks Article
• Take the tour: Lockheed Martin’s NextGen cyber lab (Feb 2012)
  Tour of Lockheed Martin UK’s NexGen Cyber Innovation and Technology Centre (NCITE) in Farnborough with John Plumb, NCITE UK Manager. He discusses the role of NCITE and how the Centre’s work is becoming increasingly important in this network-centric age.
• Successful Cyber Attacks Reveal Chinks in US and UK Security Reviews
  Warfare is constantly evolving along with advances in technology. In the past few years, and especially in recent months, it has become apparent that the cyber world is the next theatre of battle. One only has to look at statements that the Ministry of Defense and Treasury have come under cyber-attack; the development and release of the Stuxnet virus. Read more
• Does Europe need an internet kill switch?
  In recent months, worldwide debate has been sparked on the issue of whether a government should have access to an internet “kill switch” – allowing for the immediate ability to shut down parts of the internet in the event of a serious security breach – as national infrastructure finds itself in the headlights of the most likely bulls eye for large-scale cyber disruption.

Past Presentations

• Cyber Perspectives - The Services
  Dr. Dan Kuehl, Information Resources Management College (IRMC), National Defense University (NDU)
• Fighting Through the Law: Legal Aspects of Cyber Operations
  Colonel Charlie Williamson, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, USAF
• First Battles in Cyberspace: New Paradigm for 21st Century Warfare?
  Dr. Dan Kuehl, Information Resources Management College (IRMC), National Defense University (NDU)
• Over Reliance on the Appliance: Net-Centric Warfare?
  Declan Power, Security and Defence Analyst
• Establishing Policy within Cyberspace as the 5th War Fighting Domain
  Colonel Glenn Zimmerman, Cyber Space Task Force, US DoD
• Distinction between Terrorists' Use of the Internet, Cyber Attack and Cyber Terrorism
  Major Julian Charvat, Course Director for Cyber Terrorism, NATO Centre of Excellence Defence Against Terrorism
• Guidance Software's EnCase Cybersecurity - all-in-one software

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