Stories about: National Security Council

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    Few cyberattacks are cause for major retaliation: Experts 09/06/2011 06:56:00

    Cyberattacks on U.S. networks by other nations may not always demand the same level of retaliation, and only attacks that cause major damage or loss of life should prompt similar responses, a group of national security experts said Wednesday.
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    Researchers track cyber-espionage ring to China 06/04/2010 20:20:00

    Researchers in the U.S. and Canada have tracked and documented a sophisticated cyber-espionage network based in China, dubbed Shadow, that targeted computers in several countries, including systems belonging to the Indian government and military.
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    Twitter nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 08/07/2009 04:55:00

    Twitter and its creators are worthy of being considered for the Nobel Peace Prize for the role they played during the recent civil unrest in Iran, according to a former US national security adviser.
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    Gov't official: We're serious about cybersecurity this time 02/07/2009 01:30:00

    The U.S. White House is determined to follow through on its efforts to make cybersecurity a top priority, despite earlier government efforts that have fallen flat, a top official said Wednesday.
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    Cyber chief: Gov't needs to work better with companies 13/06/2009 07:10:00

    The U.S. government has significant work to do before it can better cooperate with the private sector and other governments to better protect cybersecurity, a government cybersecurity expert said.
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    10 things you didn't know about cyberwarfare 09/06/2009 08:01:00

    NEW YORK CITY -- Imagine a situation where a powerful country wants to annex its small neighbor, so it launches a week-long campaign of cyberattacks aimed at disrupting the financial, energy, telecom and media systems of its neighbor's biggest ally. A week later, the aggressor launches a full-scale cyberwar on its neighbor that includes air and naval defenses. With its ally's defenses weakened, the neighbor agrees to become a province of the aggressor in less than a week.
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    Obama's cybersecurity initiative wins praise 01/06/2009 04:50:00

    U.S. President Barack Obama's announcement Friday of a new cybersecurity push by the U.S. government won widespread praise from the technology industry, with many people saying his attention to the issue is a major step toward better securing the nation's computer networks.
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    Report: Obama to name cybersecurity czar this week 27/05/2009 07:29:00

    US President Obama later this week will formally appoint a cyber czar to coordinate a national strategy for securing cyber space the Washington Post reported today.
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    Obama administration said to consider military cyber command 23/04/2009 07:58:00

    The Obama administration is considering a new military cyber command for protecting US Department of Defense networks and developing offensive cyber war capabilities, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
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    CDT: Privacy, transparency needed in cybersecurity policy 16/04/2009 05:19:00

    U.S. President Barack Obama's administration and Congress will have to address major civil liberties and transparency concerns as they create new policies to tackle ongoing cybersecurity vulnerabilties in the government and private industry, a digital rights group said.
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    Legislation would let Obama shut down 'Net, networks amid emergency 03/04/2009 08:34:00

    Federal legislation introduced in the US Senate this week would give President Obama the power to declare a cybersecurity emergency and then shut down both public and private networks including Internet traffic coming to and from compromised systems.
 
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