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Mueller: FBI's cyber crime operation is flawed but improving
The FBI has made progress in its fight against cyber crime, but its operation has flaws, FBI Director Robert Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee during a Dec. 14 hearing. "The structure of
Alperovitch: Cyber deterrence depends on threat detection, offensive capabilities
Deterrence, as an enforceable strategy, has been much more difficult to understand in cyberspace than in the kinetic domain, said Dmitri Alperovitch, an Internet security researcher and vice
Nye: Cyberspace diffuses, but doesn't erase, state power
State power in cyberspace is diffuse compared to other domains such as the land, sea, air and space, but governments nonetheless remain the most powerful actors in it, says Joseph Nye in an essay
U.S. reserves right to respond militarily to cyber attack, says White House
The United States reserves the right to respond militarily to a cyber attack, says a White House international cyberspace strategy unveiled May 16. The strategy, which covers issues including the
Cyber attack effects 'local and temporary,' not global, says study
Short of a cyber attack that exploits an unknown fundamental flaw in the technical protocols underlying the Internet or an exceptionally strong solar flare destroying vital communications equipment,
Lewis: Cyber attacks likely would not be decisive during war
Actual cyber attacks intended to cause physical damage or destruction would still fall short of being decisive and wouldn't be able to produce victory by themselves during wartime, says James Andrew
Q&A: Bob Gourley on the Cyber Conflict Studies Association
FGIT: What is the Cyber Conflict Studies Association ? Gourley: It was formed in 2003. We've been focused on academia, working with the colleges, and therefore not been seeking a lot of publicity. Our
Lynn: Cyber deterrence rests mostly on denial, not retaliation
Deterrence in the cyber world will depend far less on retaliation than on denying enemies access to U.S. networks in the first place, says Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn. Lynn wrote a much -
Attribution subject of House cybersecurity hearing
Attribution is not the hinge on which cybersecurity rests, a panel of experts told a House committee during a July 15 hearing. The ability of cyber attackers to hide behind multiple layers of
Lewis: Cold War lessons of limited value for cyber attack deterrence
Cold War assumptions about deterrence won't work when it comes to deterring cyber threats today, says a new analysis from James Andrew Lewis, director of the Center for Strategic and International
