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Cyber War Puts Democracies on the Defensive – Defense One


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Cyber War Puts Democracies on the Defensive
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“Our information systems are attacked multiple times a day, every day,” the president of one of the world's largest electricity companies told me. Nowadays, he added, “We spend 10 times more protecting ourselves from cyber attacks than we did three
Why Cyber War Is Dangerous for DemocraciesNextgov

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Secret presidential order reveals policies for waging offensive, defensive … – Washington Free Beacon

Secret presidential order reveals policies for waging offensive, defensive
Washington Free Beacon
President Barack Obama's internal directive on cyber warfare was disclosed in public last week, showing for the first time details of U.S. policies for waging both offensive and defensive digital operations by military forces and intelligence agencies.
Is There A Silver Lining To The President's Cyber War Policy?Forbes
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Obama and Xi – Hot Air and MirageAlgemeiner

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Black Hat: Microsoft incorporates BlueHat Prize finalist defensive tech & releases EMET 3.5 Preview

Las Vegas – It has only been a few months since the close of the BlueHat Prize entry period and today Microsoft announced that it has already incorporated one of the BlueHat Prize finalist’s defensive technologies. It’s designed to mitigate attacks that leverage Return Oriented Programming (ROP), into its latest Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) 3.5 Technology Preview. Read more

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