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Latest Reports & Analysis

• A suggested approach to CNI resilience
  Protecting our financial bases, power grids, transport systems, communication networks and other key infrastructure has become essential to the security of modern economies and national defence. Yet the situation is plagued with problems, not least because government legislation is often limited and security standards lie firmly in the hands of the private companies who own these assets. Defence IQ contributor and author of ‘Critical Information Infrastructure: Resilience and Protection’ Maitland Hyslop is a specialist in disaster prevention and development. He offers up his own recommendations to how we secure this key vulnerability before disaster strikes…
• Defence upgrades its cryptographic capabilities
  This non-technical article from Asia-Pacific Defence Reporter briefly looks at the history of cryptography through the ages and up to the present explosive growth of communications technology and the battle for cyber security. An overview of JP2069 is included. To view or subscribe the APDR digital magazine, visit www.asiapacificdefencereporter.com.
• Public-Private Cyber Security: defence firms focusing on IP protection
  As the recent Chatham House report on the UK’s reliance on – and failings of – the private sector to safeguard our national infrastructure, it is now more pertinent than ever to assess the data security industry and its progressive capabilities. To find out more, Defence IQ went through the looking glass to discover not only the platforms and services of the most influential gardeners of the UK cyber security landscape, but also the real threats, trends and challenges that keep them up at night.
• Defence IQ’s Cyber Security and Cyber Warfare Bibliography 2011
  Whether you’re researching for academic purposes, policy purposes, or simple curiosity, we’ve amalgamated a list of recent publicly accessible papers for 2011 on the issues of cyber security and warfare. This bibliography includes research and analysis from an international perspective. We hope it helps.
• Addressing Cyber Security through Public-Private Partnership (Nov 2009)
  The Intelligence and National Security Alliance contributes this detailed look into the existing U.S. models for P3/PPP in the cyber domain. This paper recommends ways to progress these partnerships ahead of the current public debate today revolving around official Cybersecurity Legislation now being considered by the U.S. government.
• European Commission: Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (March 2011)
  The latest update from Brussels on recent achievements and the next steps towards global cyber security, as viewed from Europe, including the European Public-Private Partnership for Resilience (EP3R) efforts.
• Sun Tzu and Cyber War (Feb 2011)
  Kenneth Geers of the NCIS at Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCD CoE) offers a truly fascinating look into how Sun Tzu provides a useful but far from perfect framework for the management of cyber war, and urges modern military strategists to consider the distinctive aspects of the cyber battlefield.
• Enabling Distributed Security in Cyberspace (March 2011)
  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has published this research and recommendation paper on building a healthy and resilient cyber ecosystem with automated collective action, including an interesting comparison of cyber resilience with the human immune system.
• White House Cyberspace Policy Review (Jan 2011)
  This New Year paper from Washington provides a clear overview and near-term action plan from the U.S. decision makers as they grapple with the threats and the solutions facing a Digital Nation.

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