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  • Australia crumbles under Cyber Storm attack

    The 55 Australian organisations that took part in Australia's cyberwar games, Cyber Storm II suffered "death by a thousand cuts", according to the head of Australia's Cyber Storm II effort.

  • What really happened in Estonia's cyberwar?

    One year ago, the Estonian government moved a war memorial honouring Russian-Estonians who died fighting the Nazis, a move that may have triggered what some believe is the first instance of a sustained, international cyberwar.

  • Estonia to host NATO cyber-defence training centre

    A NATO cyber-defence centre of excellence has been formally established to carry out research and training in how to combat cyberwarfare.

  • Australia attacked: What happened at Cyber Storm II

    Communication between the private sector and government has been identified as the key lesson learned from the recent simulated cyberwar, Cyber Storm II.

  • US military to use network warfare to break enemy

    The special US cyber attack unit US Air Force Cyber Command will use network warfare such as denial of service and confidential data loss as stage one of a physical attack to soften an enemy's defences, according to a senior US general.

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  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Admins stuck between a hack and a zero-day

    The world of IT security is in chaos, with CSOs seemingly on the front lines of a full scale global cyberwar being fought out by government hackers, botnet-controlling criminal gangs and compromised Web sites. Can we ever hope to keep networks safe in such an environment?

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  • When war and IT collide

    As the conflict in Iraq wears on, businesses become more vulnerable to cyberattacks. At the Gartner ITxpo, research analysts reported that many companies are failing to secure their infrastructures. Here's a list of top IT security issues corporations and government agencies should consider in developing their plans.

  • Stop attacks from slipping through your cracks

    In an IT world moving from intrusion detection to intrusion prevention, security management plays a critical role.

  • Security visionary: Vigilance is the best defence

    Security expert Bruce Schneier argues that constant vigilance, not technology, is the best defence against computer break-ins.

  • Cyberterrorists will be after you

    During the next few years, heightened security will change the Internet, and the office network on which many of you work. In fact, you'll probably see changes first at the office as companies try to "harden" their information assets against a wide variety of threats.

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  • Security visionary: Vigilance is the best defence

    Security expert Bruce Schneier argues that constant vigilance, not technology, is the best defence against computer break-ins.

  • Cyberterrorism: Get ready to become a hard target

    During the next few years, heightened security will change the Internet, and the office network on which many of you work. In fact, you'll probably see changes first at the office as companies try to "harden" their information assets against a wide variety of threats.

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