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Clapper sounds alarm on cyber capabilities of Iran, China and Russia

In unclassified testimony Jan. 31, top U.S. intelligence official James Clapper revealed little new but sounded alarm bells against an increasingly aggressive Iran and the cyber-intelligence Read more...

New technology paves way for economic espionage, says ONCIX

Changing technologies including cloud computing will likely provide new openings for espionage within U.S. networks, says a new report from the office of the national counterintelligence executive. Read more...

Biden: International Internet policy unnecessary

The White House says it would be misguided to change the current norms around the Internet in favor of further regulation, saying "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." In a Nov. 1 satellite web address Read more...

Lewis: Cyber attacks are rare

Hyperbole over the term "cyber attack" has led to a misapprehension that they are frequent, says James Andrew Lewis, director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies' technology and Read more...

United States and India agree to share cyber threat information

Government representatives from the United States and India signed July 19 a memorandum of understanding to promote closer cooperation and the timely exchange of cybersecurity information in New Read more...

White House: U.S.-Russia operational relationship for cyberspace expected by year end

The United States is strengthening cyber ties with Russia in the hopes that active diplomacy and international technical collaboration will reduce the overall risk to national networks, said Howard Read more...

Study considers the Geneva Convention in cyberspace

A think tank report about extending civilian protections during wartime into cyberspace presented to world leaders during an international security conference held Feb. 4-6 in Munich, Germany, raises Read more...

U.S. at odds with Russia over cyberspace

When it comes to the prospects of a war in cyberspace and the integrity of computer systems and the Internet, the U.S. and Russia are in a delicate tap dance. Both are eyeing each other as Read more...

Pentagon seeks weapons for web warfare

The Pentagon is looking for a new weapon that would help fight war in cyberspace, and it has commissioned military contractors to develop a highly classified Internet of the future, the New York Read more...