{"id":25260,"date":"2016-03-09T13:30:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T02:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=25260"},"modified":"2016-03-09T15:33:20","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T04:33:20","slug":"cyber-wrap-110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/cyber-wrap-110\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber wrap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25261 size-full\" title=\"Image courtesy of Flickr user @mjb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/241158186_f4782b2188_z.jpg\" alt=\"241158186_f4782b2188_z\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/241158186_f4782b2188_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/241158186_f4782b2188_z-205x123.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week saw the passing of one of the pioneers of cyberspace, Raymond Tomlinson, who was the first man to ever send an email. While Tomlinson didn\u2019t invent email, he did<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/science-and-technology\/21694354-raymond-samuel-tomlinson-died-march-5th-aged-74-email-pioneer?fsrc=scn\/tw\/te\/bl\/ed\/raytomlinsonwhosentthefirstemailhasdied\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">transmit the first message between computer terminals in 1971<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> because it seemed like a \u2018neat idea\u2019, though one he was \u2018never supposed to be working on\u2019.<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radicati.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Email-Statistics-Report-2014-2018-Executive-Summary.pdf\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> approximately 2.5 million emails are sent per second, while the number of worldwide email accounts will reach 2.8 billion in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsaconference.com\/events\/us16\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RSA Conference<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> concluded in San Francisco last week.<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsaconference.com\/blogs\/beyond-encryption-experts-discuss-encryption-privacy-at-rsac-2016\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experts talked<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about encryption versus privacy, describing encryption backdoors \u00a0as a \u2018genie-out-of-the-bottle\u2019 development. Former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, stressed that \u2018it would be a mistake to sacrifice the security value of end-to-end encryption\u2019, while the Center for Democracy &amp; Technology discussed their<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cdt.org\/press\/cdt-files-brief-in-support-of-apple\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">brief<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in support of the position taken by Apple. Robert Knake from Council on Foreign Relations summed up his views on the RSA conference,<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cfr.org\/cyber\/2016\/03\/07\/field-notes-from-the-rsa-conference\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">noting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a \u2018clear-eyed optimism\u2019 in the private\u2013public cyber security partnership. However, problems remain for cyber security professionals including a lack of qualified candidates, and a legacy of systems that are indefensible but too crucial to companies\u2019 operations to take offline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also at RSA was US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, who said that the Pentagon \u2018understands they are not getting good grades across the enterprise\u2019, lagging behind the commercial sector in best practices for data protection. Carter called for action from the tech community, asking them to become more involved with the Department in the fight for data security.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In response, the US Department of Defense is now asking to be hacked\u2014officially. The<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/News-Releases\/News-Release-View\/Article\/684106\/statement-by-pentagon-press-secretary-peter-cook-on-dods-hack-the-pentagon-cybe\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Hack the Pentagon\u2019 Cyber security Initiative<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u00a0part <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2016\/02\/09\/fact-sheet-cybersecurity-national-action-plan\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyber National Action Plan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will see carefully vetted hackers invited to test DoD networks for vulnerabilities under the first cyber bug bounty program in the history of the US federal government. The pilot, set to launch in April, is the first in a series designed to unearth vulnerabilities in the Department\u2019s applications, websites and networks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The US DoD has also released a<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dodcio.defense.gov\/Portals\/0\/Documents\/Cyber\/CyberDis-ImpPlan.pdf\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyber Security Discipline Implementation Plan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> designed to strengthen cyber security practices, increase authentication and reduce the attack surface of DoD networks. For more, catch up with the latest<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cfr.org\/cyber\/2016\/03\/07\/net-politics-podcast-michael-sulmeyer\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Net Politics podcast<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An investigation by the US Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team into the attack against Ukraine\u2019s power grid last December confirms the incident was a well-coordinated attack with a long lead-time. The<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ics-cert.us-cert.gov\/alerts\/IR-ALERT-H-16-056-01\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found distinct delineations between different phases of the operation, suggesting different state and non-state actors collaborated to shut down the power station. Security expert Robert Lee, who assisted the investigation,<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2016\/03\/inside-cunning-unprecedented-hack-ukraines-power-grid\/?mbid=social_fb\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">speculated<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that if Russia is responsible for the attack, it may be intended as a message \u00a0that Ukraine shouldn\u2019t nationalise power companies, some of which are owned by \u00a0Russian oligarchs with close ties to President Vladimir Putin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And finally on the home front, Australian cyber security firm Secure Logic has<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afr.com\/technology\/web\/security\/australian-cyber-security-firm-secure-logic-buys-crs-for-40m-20160226-gn4ac1\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">purchased<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Computer Room Solutions for just under $40 million. Computer Room Solutions, a company responsible for physical security services such as the equipment that houses serves in data centres, will continue operate as independent division of Secure Logic, a firm that focuses on information security \u00a0in operations across Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, China and Indonesia. \u00a0The companies have collaborated on joint projects in the past and have joined forces to increase each firm\u2019s position to attract more lucrative contracts. The merger is a \u2018perfect combination of two organisations together. We can provide a unique offering in the market\u2019 says Santosh Devaraj, Secure Logic founder and managing partner.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week saw the passing of one of the pioneers of cyberspace, Raymond Tomlinson, who was the first man to ever send an email. 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