The Council of the European Union is a group of representatives of 27 EU governments. The institution continues to investigate the challenges caused by encryption technology. Someone in there recently coined a new policy term “security through encryption and security despite encryption” (in this document). What does it mean?
The…
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In the past, I analyzed some more interesting EU regulations relating to privacy or cybersecurity, as well as some national cybersecurity strategies. This post is about a the proposal for a regulation just unveiled by the European Council. The primary focus of the regulation is the cyber resilience of the…
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Cyberattacks in times of conflict will look different than in peacetime. There are many reasons for that but naturally such points might not be at the center of interest now. Because we are fortunately in peacetime, and because imagining such a qualitative change is not simple. Still, there’s the…
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Why do countries resort to cyber operations or cyberattacks (depending on the terminology)? It’s a long discussion that involves matters of performance, speed, aptness, ability, and risk.
Some better-informed folks used to speak about it and we also covered it during the ICRC assessment of cyber operations. But only…
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Countries continue to refine their approach to cybersecurity. Australia is not an exception, with the recent release of its new cybersecurity strategy.
Previously I looked at several countries or organisations (i.e. USA, Ireland, Netherlands, France, ICRC, France, Luxembourg) along different dimensions of cybersecurity. Why is Australia worth a look?…
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