To pay tribute to Prime Minister Abe, Boston Global Forum republishes his speech from the first Global Cybersecurity Day: (Excerpts of Prime Minister Abe’s speech at Boston Global Forum Conference, December 12, 2015.) “Ensuring security in cyberspace – cybersecurity –...
June 26 is United Nations Charter Day, the date on which the foundational document for the global organization was signed by its original members in San Francisco in 1945. It offers a moment to reflect upon the very first resolution adopted by the United Nations...
There are indications that hackers working for the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin may also be targeting Democratic congressional candidates, especially in Florida, as well as Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. To read a Reuters article on...
Twitter has suspended 235,000 terrorist-related accounts over the last six months, a doubling of its suspension rate. The Wall Street Journal reported that "Twitter, which relies mostly on users to flag content before it takes action, said in a blog post it has...
Computer hackers assert that they're selling high-powered hacking tools developed by the U.S. National Security Agency. CNN reports that computer code -- whose purpose is to break into other computers -- was leaked to the public on Aug. 12 by an anonymous...
Rejecting the criticism of rights groups, Pakistan has enacted a cybersecurity law that grants sweeping powers to the government to block private information that they deem illegal, or possibly, simply just critical of the government. The National Assembly...
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida has warned that ties with China are "significantly deteriorating"after Chinese vessels repeatedly entered disputed waters in the East China Sea. Mr. Kushida had called the Chinese ambassador to Japan to protest what the...
More and more people are backing off from the Internet, frightened of cybercrime, privacy violations and very valid fears about the ever-more-glaring inadequacies of cybersecurity. The Guardian reported: "When cybersecurity professionals converged in Las Vegas...