The cyber wrap is back after ICPC’s short break attending the Global Conference on Cyberspace in The Hague. Stay tuned for a series of blogs about the event soon, but in the meantime you can …
Debate: "Cyber security"
Kicking off April, President Obama continued his efforts to secure cyberspace by Executive Order. Following up on the slew of proposals set out in the lead up to January’s State of the Union Address, the …
The cyber element has been a staple of global threat assessments for quite some time. Last week’s Worldwide Threat Assessment delivered by US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper was no exception. Testifying at the …
In what was a big week for Canberra international cyber policy folk, in addition to ICPC’s workshop in KL, last week also saw the inaugural meeting of the Australia–Japan Cyber Policy Dialogue. The meeting was …
Greetings from Kuala Lumpur! The ICPC team is in Malaysia seeking Asia–Pacific perspectives on the Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCCS) to be held in The Hague later this year. The GCCS is the fourth …
There’s been a wave of regional cyber policy activity in recent weeks. We’ll start in Singapore where the government launched a central agency to consolidate and centralise cybersecurity capabilities. The national Cyber Security Agency will …
The use of social media by extremist groups continues to trouble policymakers and police forces across the globe. The sophisticated use of online platforms by groups such as ISIS have spurred governments in Europe to …
The 2007 theft of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter plans was this week officially linked to China by German newspaper Der Spiegel. The classified US document, given to the paper by Edward Snowden, detailed the …
2015 is set to be a historic year for Internet governance. If all goes to plan in nine months a fresh, accountable, and independent ICANN will be born. On 30 September 2015, what should be …
Happy New Year from Team ICPC! Unfortunately last year’s mess that was the hack of Sony Pictures Entertainments has followed us into 2015 and tensions continue to rise between the United States and North Korea. …
The Australia–China relationship has seen impressive positive momentum over the last year. In April 2014, Prime Minister Tony Abbott led a well-received trade mission to Beijing, and President Xi Jinping reciprocated with a visit to …
Well done (or commiserations) to those diligent souls that have yet to decamp for the summer break. To help soften the blow, here’s the last cyber wrap for the year from the ICPC. Last week …