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    Hackers target NGO websites

    Internet security researchers have warned that several human rights, military reseach and foreign policy websites have been booby-trapped by hackers over the last few weeks in what appears to be cyber espionage. The websites of Amnesty International Hong Kong, the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ ASEAN 2012, the International Institute of Counter-Terrorism and the US Center for Defense Information were among the exploited.
          


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    International cooperation on cyber-security

    The latest event in the Security & Defence Agenda’s Cyber Initiative quickly made one thing clear — Cyber-security has hit the mainstream.

    No longer a subject on periphery of the average policymaker’s understanding, SDA Director Giles Merritt remarked that the past year has seen an explosion of “real and concrete political, diplomatic and industrial policy making, international discussion and action.

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    Iran and IAEA nuclear talks

    Iranian officials resumed talks with the International Atomic Energy agency just a week ahead the next round of negotiations between Tehran and six world powers - US, UK, Russia, China, France and Germany - in Baghdad.



     

    

gENERAL ALLEN TO LEAVE AFGHANISTAN

Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, the top commander in Afghanistan, is expected to leave his post early next year and take the job as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, replacing Adm. James G. Stavridis, US officials said.
Allen is to stay until winter, giving his successor a few months to learn the territory before the start of heavier fighting.
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RESTRICTIONS FOR F-22 ORDERED

The US Department of Defence has issued further safety procedures for its most advanced fighter jet F-22 after pilots complained of oxygen shortages during the flights and refused to fly the aircraft despite the assurance of Air Force leaders that the plane is safe.
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has also asked for a back-up oxygen system to be installed into the F-22 jets.
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2012 security jam executive summary

Just weeks ahead of the NATO summit in Chicago and the G8 summit in Camp David, the Security and Defence Agenda presents an executive summary of the 2012 Security Jam, a unique global brainstorm.
The document offers recommendations on issues such as smart defence, cyber-security, Afghanistan, crisis management and enhanced cooperation.            read more

SDA speakers

The Security & Defence Agenda regularly welcomes high level speakers from the international and national sphere of politics, the military, private sector, civil society, and academia to discuss the issues that shape global security and defence.

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SDA cyber-report

 

The SDA has launched its groundbreaking cyber-report "Cyber-security: The vexed question of global rules", based on over 80 interviews with senior specialists and policy makers and a survey of 250 experts from around the world. Download the report here.

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