Our lives are interlaced in a gentle existence fabric that is usually balanced between everyday routine and special events. Exceeding that precious balance due to an unusual event such as a flat tire in high noon, a cancellation of a much needed … [Read more...] about The Third Scenario – Business Continuity: Planning in the Face of Cyber Threats
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Synergic Cyber Attacks
Two major recent attacks on the Internet give us just a hint of what to expect if/when our economic and financial infrastructures are hit by different attacks at once. Cyberbunker - not a Chinese - but a Dutch webhosting company generated the … [Read more...] about Synergic Cyber Attacks
U.S. Challenges in North Korea *Exclusive
As with Iran, talks and lax sanctions regimes have failed to prevent North Korea's nuclear buildup. Congratulating China's new president Xi Jingping, President Obama called Xi's attention to North Korea's nuclear and missile programs that … [Read more...] about U.S. Challenges in North Korea *Exclusive
Week in Review, March 11-16 *Exclusive
Apart from the election of Pope Francis, North Korea's tearing up the 1953 Armistice and the Obama administration's sudden turnaround on missile defense in response, this was the week that the U.S. purportedly wanted to be seen as the one in which it … [Read more...] about Week in Review, March 11-16 *Exclusive
The Cloudy Sunshine Week *Exclusive
Announcing "Sunshine Week: In Celebration of Open Government," the administration's effort to highlight progress in improving the administration openness, particularly regading the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The announcement reads: "In our … [Read more...] about The Cloudy Sunshine Week *Exclusive
Paper Dragon?
Recent exposes of Chinese cyber attacks on American government and private enterprises, media and banking and large investments in American industries, has strengthened the China's image as an invincible fire-breathing dragon. As it turns out, the … [Read more...] about Paper Dragon?
Terrorism in CyberSpace
Introduction: Out of site in Afghanistan's caves, or hiding in clear sight in Pakistani digs, Osama bin Laden wasn't easy to catch, but was detectable, as are Iran's nuclear facilities. Technological development, however, are rapidly changing … [Read more...] about Terrorism in CyberSpace
Week in Review, March 4-8
The news about capturing bin Laden's son in-law, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, in Jordan, and bringing him to trial in New York's federal court, instead of before a military court in Guantanamo, lends support to our analysis earlier in the week. So we begin … [Read more...] about Week in Review, March 4-8
Cyber Diplomacy Vs. Cybersecurity *Exclusive
Since the hacking of the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, etc., and the Mandiant revelations about China's PLA Unit 61398, the media and Internet have offered an explosion of talk about now as a"tipping point" in … [Read more...] about Cyber Diplomacy Vs. Cybersecurity *Exclusive
Iran’s Upper Hand
Meeting with Iran in Kazakhstan next week, as part of the P5+1 (five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and Germany) shows the Obama administration’s determination to end the United … [Read more...] about Iran’s Upper Hand