Singapore cyber defenders fight simulated attacks on AI-enabled systems in 4-day exercise

More technology is moving onto the cloud – meaning its data is hosted on remote servers rather than on personal devices – and integrating artificial intelligence (AI), which opens it up to new kinds of malicious attacks. To improve Singapore’s Read More …

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Recognizing Phishing Attacks

In conjunction with the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) and the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA), SonicWall is participating in Cybersecurity Awareness Month this October to spread awareness about key issues in cybersecurity. In their last blog, SonicWall mentioned that Read More …

Building cyber resilience key in securing future of Africa’s people

An average of 2 960 attacks: that is the number of cyber attacks to which the ordinary organisation in Africa is subjected each and every week. It is a staggering revelation and what makes it more worrying is that this Read More …

NATO trains countries to respond to cyber attacks on renewables

As the war in Ukraine rages on and Russia pounds Ukraine’s energy facilities, Europe’s renewable energy sector is increasingly vulnerable to hybrid warfare. In Jönköping, NATO has set up an exercise training participants to deter, prepare and react to hybrid Read More …

Serve your country through cyber, White House says

Earlier this week, the United States White House unveiled a new initiative, called Service for America. This initiative, created together with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Office of Personnel Management (OPM), aims to get more people interested Read More …

Fortinet and NATO’s Annual “Exercise Locked Shields” Cyber Wargames

Fortinet has once again had the honor of contributing to NATO’s annual Exercise Locked Shields, a premier cyber warfare event known as the world’s largest and most intricate international live-fire cyber-defense exercise. Hosted by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre Read More …

NCI Academy delivers programme to elevate UN peacekeeping training capabilities

From 4 to 15 March, the United Nations C4ISR* Academy for Peace Operations (UNCAP) in Entebbe, Uganda, hosted a critical training programme to effectively train UN personnel. Led by a team of nine NATO Communications and Information Academy (NCI Academy) Read More …

NATO deepens cyber coalition with Asian partners

NATO countries wrapped up one their signature cybersecurity exercises in Estonia this week, welcoming South Korea and Japan to the proceedings as alliance officials seek like-minded governments to harden their collective virtual defenses. The Cyber Coalition 2023 event in the Read More …

Singapore cyber defenders fend off simulated attacks against cellular, gas and airport systems

As simulated attackers tried to overload an electrical system, cripple a water distribution network and shut down a gas plant, cyber defence operators across 26 national agencies sprung into action to neutralise the assaults on a fictional state’s critical infrastructure. Read More …

NATO Exercises to Enhance its Cyber Resilience

Cyber Coalition, one of the world’s largest cyber defence exercise, aims to enhance NATO, Allies and partners’ ability to defend their networks and operate together in cyberspace. The Exercise provides a unique platform for collaboration, experience-sharing, best practices and experimentation. Read More …