Berto Jongman: Cyber Security Solutions for the DoD and Intelligence Community

Cyber Security Solutions for the DoD and Intelligence Community Guest Authors / Jon M. Stout Tripwire.com/State of Security, 3 September 2013 At first glance, it appears that the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Intelligence Community (IC) have the same cyber security needs as other large organizations in the commercial world. While this is true …

Berto Jongman: Cyber-Risk

Key Metrics for Risk-Based Security Management Tripwire has released the results of an extensive study focused on the state of risk-based security management with the Ponemon Institute. The study examined the key risk-based security metrics IT security managers used most frequently to gauge the effectiveness of their organizations’ overall security efforts. Top Metrics included: time …

Review: Chinese Industrial Espionage: Technology Acquisition and Military Modernisation

William C. Hannas (Author), James Mulvenon (Author), Anna B. Puglisi (Author) 4.0 out of 5 stars Valuable but not first…., August 12, 2013 See first Chinese Intelligence Operations, and also War by Other Means: Economic Espionage in America as well as a plethora of articles and chapters over the past twenty years. The Chinese are …

Berto Jongman: The Chilling State of Cyber Affairs

The Chilling State of Cyber Affairs With all the attention pointed towards PRISM, another interesting publication was virtually overlooked. Earlier last month, a taskforce belonging to the US DoD’s Defense Science Board (DSB) released a final report titled “Resilient Military Systems and the Advanced Cyber Threat” [PDF], that reports on the findings of an 18-month …

John Maguire: YouTube (10:38) Was Barnaby Jack Murdered to Keep Him From Presenting at DefCon?

Whatever the truth turns out to be, this accelerating trend is unnerving. One way or another Big Brother benefits. Public intimidation via innuendo is often enough to dissuade potential dissidents from sticking their neck out in the future. Description: “In today’s video, AMTV investigates the possibility that elite programmer Barnaby Jack was murdered by the NSA. Jack was …

Marcus Aurelius: Anyone Can Hijack a Ship or Airplace Via GPS —

This is on the governments that failed to be responsible about cyber-security from day one. EXCLUSIVE: GPS flaw could let terrorists hijack ships, planes The world’s GPS system is vulnerable to hackers or terrorists who could use it to hijack ships — even commercial airliners, according to a frightening new study that exposes a huge …