Walls defended cities for millennia against attacks from invading armies. Their worth was proven time and again. It was safer for the defendant to stay locked indoors, with food and water in stock, and weather it out till the resources of the attacker were depleted. Siege warfare was won by patience and a strategy of…
Amid indications that North Korea may have moved big time into the bank robbery business, President Barack Obama has ordered that North Korean banks be cut off from the international banking system, using authority earlier granted by Congress. The move may be just the first in an escalating set of sanctions aimed at North Korea’s…
Military troops may be able to sidestep the Pentagon’s entrenched “up or out” promotion system under sweeping new proposals being unveiled Thursday, aimed at keeping high-tech experts or other specialists on the job, according to defense officials. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is expected to roll out the plans Thursday, marking the third — and most…
Ian Trump explores some of the IT security takeaways from the recent trial in the US of a member of the Syrian Electronic Army. An interesting story caught my attention recently about the trial of a member of the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), and I wanted to take this opportunity to do a deep dive…
Winning the cyber-war is not a one-time event—it requires constant vigilance and a collective approach that encompasses prevention, detection and response. If you cannot see an attack, how are you expected to stop it? If you were a detective in the physical world, would you rather investigate a burglary using random photographs of what might…