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First up this week, a recent global BBC<\/i> poll<\/a> has shown that a majority of people believe the Internet has brought both greater freedom and, perversely, increased government surveillance. Conducted in 17 countries around the world, the poll is being released as part of Freedom Live<\/a>, a day of broadcasts on the World Service that asks what it means to be free. Interestingly, countries that like to think of themselves as bastions of freedom and democracy, like Germany and the US, had the lowest number of respondents (36% in the US) who felt free from government surveillance online. On the other hand, when the pollsters asked the same question in China and Russia, a large majority (76% in China) answered that they felt free from online surveillance.<\/p>\n

\u2018APT will not be about the big-ass machines; it will be about the little,\u2019 Dan Geer said of Advanced Persistent Threats. It seems that he has been on a roll; Jack Goldsmith at the Lawfare<\/i> blog has collated<\/a> three recent speeches<\/a> by the cybersecurity \u2018maven.\u2019 In one speech on cybersecurity trends at the NRO IT conference last November, Geer makes the rather sobering observation that \u2018the Internet will never again be as free as it is this morning\u2019.<\/p>\n

Turning now to US\u2013China relations, David Sanger at the New York Times<\/i> has revealed<\/a> that the Obama administration quietly held an extraordinary briefing for the Chinese military leadership on the Pentagon\u2019s emerging doctrine for offensive and defensive cyber operations\u2014reminiscent of Cold War-era exchanges held with the Soviets on \u2018red lines\u2019 for employing nuclear weapons. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel hopes that the US can deal with growing Chinese distrust by being more transparent. The idea is to allay concerns about the growing American cyber capabilities and to reduce the possibility of a fast-escalating series of cyberattacks between China and the US. But the US also expects the Chinese to reciprocate\u2013and the Pentagon is apparently still waiting. For an alternative view, see Adam Segal\u2019s take<\/a>\u2014which suggests the Pentagon\u2019s transparency was intended to deter, not assure.<\/p>\n

For more on US\u2013China cybersecurity relations, see Sanger\u2019s podcast with Dave Davies over at NPR\u2019s<\/i> \u2018all tech considered\u2019<\/a>. According to Sanger, cyberespionage is a whole new \u2018field of conflict\u2019 on the global stage. Over at ChinaFile<\/i>, it\u2019s spy vs spy as Vincent Ni asks<\/a>: when do cyberattacks cross the line?<\/p>\n

China and the EU have agreed to work more closely on cybersecurity issues as President Xi finishes his ten-day Euro trip. According to the South<\/em> China Morning Post<\/i><\/a>, China has released a policy paper that aims to \u2018strengthen dialogue with Brussels on cybersecurity and improve co-operation in fighting internet crime and cybersecurity threats\u2019. The document also seeks to bolster groups such as the China\u2013EU Cyber Taskforce.<\/p>\n

Sticking with the Europeans, British Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude formally launched<\/a> the UK\u2019s Computer Emergency Response Team<\/a> (CERT-UK) last week. This body, like other national CERTs, will co-ordinate Britain\u2019s cybersecurity defence and provide advice and alerts on cyber-threats to government, industry and academia.<\/p>\n

In Australia, the Commonwealth Bank has called on<\/a> the Federal Government to review its national security strategy, last revised<\/a> (PDF) in 2009. As part of a federal inquiry investigating reform in the banking sector, the CommBank submission said that the \u2018threat to Australians online has increased and a re-evaluation of Australia\u2019s cyber security strategy and program of investment would be timely.\u2019<\/p>\n

In other domestic news, the Australian Communications and Media Authority have launched<\/a> a cyber safety campaign targeting Indigenous communities around Australia. The campaign, \u2018be deadly online\u2019<\/a>, has a series of videos and graphics addressing online issues including sexting and cyber bullying. And following Prime Minister Abbott abroad on his Asia tour, Australia and Japan have announced plans to establish a bilateral dialogue on cyber policy to \u2018address common cyber threats and discuss ways to strengthen regional and international cooperation.\u2019 Check out the full joint statement here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ASPI\u2019s International Cyber Policy Centre will be launching the inaugural Cyber Maturity in the Asia-Pacific report<\/i> on 15 April. This report and accompanying infographics will assess cyber maturity of regional states as well as the UK and the US. Sure to be a valuable resource for all in the cybersecurity community. Keep your eyes peeled for developments here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lastly, the news that many have been waiting for since the Internet refrigerator<\/a>, the next item in the Internet of Things is the interconnected washing machine<\/a>. We can only hope that nefarious hackers don\u2019t change the wash cycles. A cyberattack this year was linked to<\/a> a large botnet of internet-connected home appliances that delivered more than 750,000 malicious emails.<\/p>\n

Simon Hansen is an intern in ASPI\u2019s\u00a0International Cyber Policy Centre<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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