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Military academies grooming future officers for warfare in cyberspace

The Canadian PressApril 29, 2013 08:42
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - The U.S. service academies are ramping up efforts to groom a new breed of cyberspace warriors to confront increasing threats to the nation's military and civilian computer networks that control everything from electrical power grids to the banking system. Students at the Army, Navy and Air Force academies are taking more courses and participating in elaborate cyberwarfare exercises as the military educates a generation of future commanders in the theory and practice of computer warfare.

US, Japan review nuclear 'deterrence' amid Korea crisis

April 12, 2013 20:31
The United States reaffirmed Friday a longstanding commitment to protect Japan through nuclear "deterrence" after talks that coincided with mounting threats from nuclear-armed North Korea. The three days of discussions between US and Japanese diplomats and defense officials focused on "maintaining a credible deterrence posture in a changing security environment," said a Pentagon statement. The meeting, part of what the Defense Department called a biannual "extended deterrence dialogue," was held at Naval Base Kitsap in Washington state.

Two new legislative acts to modernize Estonia's national defence

April 11, 2013 16:02
The new Defense Forces Services Act and the new National Defense League Act, both of which entered into force today, make the national defense system more up-to-date and introduce significant reforms, the Estonian Defense Ministry said in a statement.The new Defense Forces Service Act establishes a new set of health requirements for professional Defense Forces members and conscripts.

Future ministry to build GPS attack detector

April 11, 2013 05:03
The Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning said Wednesday it plans to expand and operate a real-time system to trace the source of any possible GPS jamming attacks by North Korea aimed at frequencies used in local telecommunication and aviation. The system, developed by Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), can trace the source of the attack immediately and display it on a map. Currently no real-time detection if GPS jamming is in operation ― in previous attacks by the North, the authorities only identified their origin after the event. The

S. Korea to set up GPS jamming surveillance system

April 10, 2013 17:01
Amid growing war threats from North Korea, South Korea plans to beef up its surveillance system against the North's provocative electronic jamming signals that have targeted civilian facilities in the past, sources said Wednesday. In addition to cyber attacks on South Korean networks, the North has been disrupting global positioning system (GPS) signals since 2010.

Obama budget makes cybersecurity a growing U.S. priority

April 10, 2013 16:30
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama proposed on Wednesday increased spending to protect U.S. computer networks from Internet-based attacks in a sign that the government aims to put more resources into the emerging global cyber arms race.

Defense ministry to establish cyber policy department

April 6, 2013 12:46
South Korea's defense ministry will establish a new department to oversee cyber deterrence policies and prepare information security measures to better deal with the emerging form of threats, a senior military official said Tuesday.The South Korean military launched the Cyber Command in early 2010 to handle cyber security issues along with different military and intelligence organizations, but there is no control tower to integrate the policies and strategies that defend military networks. The ministry plans to launch the cyber team within the first half of this year, which will be t

defense ministry-cyber dept

April 2, 2013 01:15
By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense ministry will establish a new department to oversee cyber deterrence policies and prepare information security measures to better deal with the emerging form of threats, a senior military official said Tuesday. The South Korean military launched the Cyber Command in early 2010 to handle cyber security issues along with different military and intelligence organizations, but there is no control tower to integrate the policies and strategies that defend military networks.

US military goods-indictment

March 31, 2013 22:45
SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- Five South Koreans have been indicted without physical detention on charges of buying and reselling U.S. military equipment banned from circulation, prosecutors said Monday. A 49-year-old suspect, only identified by his surname Hwang, is charged with buying about 60 U.S. military helmets, bulletproof vests and clubs from soldiers stationed at a U.S. military base in Dongducheon, 40 km north of Seoul, they said. Hwang then allegedly resold the pieces at his store near the base to civilians who enjoy recreational paintball games, prosecutors added.
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