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March 29, 2012 | Cyber-Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection: The Case of Iceland

Jón Kristinn Ragnarsson: A thesis on cyber-security and critical infrastructure protection. Iceland provides the case study for the options of a small state. These are examined in terms of aiding the fight against cyber-threats.

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November 3, 2011 | Say Goodbye to Prestige Thinking: Quit CSDP and Concentrate on NATO

Felix F. Seidler: The EU has proven it is not a credible player in international security; the CSDP is merely a prestige project that has gone nowhere. Despite lower budgets, NATO still has the means to tackle current threats, and EU defense spending should be concentrated there.

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September 22, 2011 | New Threats: The Cyber-Dimension

Olaf Theiler: September 11th, 2001 has often been called the day that changed everything. This might not be true for our day to day life, but in security, it really marked a new era. Together with the Twin Towers, our traditional perceptions of threats collapsed. The Cold War scenario that had dominated for over 50 years was radically and irrevocably altered.

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September 5, 2011 | Germany Must Defend Against Cyber Attacks

Arne Schoenbohm: The Internet has become a fifth ‘military battleground’ and poses a grave threat to governments and industries across the world. Some states have spent billions on cyber defense. Now others, notably Germany, must also take bold action to limit the damage of the growing cyber threat.

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December 9, 2010 | Implementing NATO's Strategic Concept

Felix F. Seidler: After its recent summit, NATO needs a plan for the implementation of its new strategic concept. The alliance cannot afford the achievements of the summit to fizzle out. Tax payers should demand that the pretensions of “active engagement” and “modern defence” be underlined by concrete actions.

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October 12, 2010 | NATO's Cyber Partners

Felix F. Seidler: Cyber security is one of the 21st Century’s biggest challenges. This overarching issue cannot be tackled by military means alone, but rather needs strong civilian engagement. NATO has to find new partners to secure cyber space for the Alliance’s societies.

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September 20, 2010 | An Emerging Cyber Cold War

Lyle Brecht: The vast majority of the cyber ecosystem infrastructure resides in the hands of private actors, both in the US and the rest of the world, not public sector government. Thus, the private sector should secure the cyber ecosystem. That’s the best way to prevent a cyber cold war among nations.

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November 9, 2011 | Politicizing Internet Security Endangers Everyone

A report from the US Congress indicated that it would consider cyber-espionage “an act of war.” ++ The US is on shaky ground with this pronouncement; they have their own cyber-espionage activities and accurately pinpointing the source of cyber incursions is very difficult. ++ Russia and China’s recent efforts in the UN to introduce an internet “code of good conduct”

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August 26, 2010 | Cybersecurity is New Obsession at Pentagon

The Pentagon’s new “Cyberstrategy 3.0” treats our global communications highway as a zone of potential warfare. ++ The approach focuses on a concept of deterrence, whereby American infrastructure will be beefed up to a point that renders it capable of surviving any attack. ++ Militarizing cyberspace is a costly strategy with limited benefits. ++ “As with human viruses, hostile computer bugs will

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