Event: 9-15 Aug Richmond, Indiana “Listening” American Society of Cybernetics

The annual meeting of the American Society for Cybernetics for 2011 will consist of the following components: Pre- Conference with the ASC General Business Meeting, the Annual ASC Event and Tutorials on (2nd order) Cybernetics The 2011 ASC CONFERENCE ON LISTENING Post-Conference Study The ASC Listening Conference 2011 is the central three day event of …

We Told You So in 1994: Government Losing Cyber-War

Special report: Government in cyber fight but can’t keep up Reuters, 16 June 2011 EXTRACT: Notwithstanding the military’s efforts, however, the overall gap appears to be widening, as adversaries and criminals move faster than government and corporations, and technologies such as mobile applications for smart phones proliferate more rapidly than policymakers can respond, officials and …

In “borderless” cyberspace, nation states struggle — M4IS2 Anyone?

Analysis: In “borderless” cyberspace, nation states struggle By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent Reuters LONDON | Thu Jun 9, 2011 EXTRACT: “The nature of cyberspace is borderless and anonymous,” R. Chandrasekhara, secretary of India’s telecommunications department, told a cyber security conference in London last week organised by a U.S.-based think tank, the EastWest Institute. “Governments, …

US Calls for Global Cybersecurity Strategy (Ha Ha)

I would suspect that a number of countries hung up on this call……. U.S. Calls for Global Cybersecurity Strategy By HELENE COOPER, May 16, 2011 New York Times EXTRACT: The strategy calls for officials from the State Department, the Pentagon, the Justice Department, the Commerce Department and the Department of Homeland Security to work with …