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Business cyber-security expert Schneier to speak at BGF event Feb. 11

Business cyber-security expert Schneier to speak at BGF event Feb. 11

(Boston, Feb. 06, 2016) -  Bruce Schneier, an American cryptographer and expert on computer security and cyber-privacy issues, will speak at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern Time in U.S.) on Thursday, Feb. 11, on how business -- especially international companies – can best...

Unencrypted data will continue to dominate the Internet

Unencrypted data will continue to dominate the Internet

(Feb. 06, 2016) - A  study from Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet Society  released on Monday last week refutes claims that wider use of encryption in software products will hamper investigations into terrorism and crime.  Jeremy Samide, the Michael Dukakis...

The U.S. challenges Chinese efforts to restrict freedom of the seas

The U.S. challenges Chinese efforts to restrict freedom of the seas

(Feb. 01, 2016) -  The U.S. Navy on Jan. 30 challenged China’s attempts to restrict international navigation in the South China Sea by sending the guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur within 12 miles of Triton Island, which China claims, despite most...

Chinese Military Revamps Cyber Warfare, Intelligence Forces

Chinese Military Revamps Cyber Warfare, Intelligence Forces

(Jan. 31, 2016) - Bill Gertz, a journalist and defense expert for the Washington Free Beacon, report this week on how China's army is rapidly strengthening its cyber-warfare and intelligence operations to undermine potential foes, especially the United States. The...

Young Leaders for Peace and Security

Young Leaders for Peace and Security

By Prof. Thomas E. Patterson | Feb. 01, 2016 The EU faces one of the toughest times of its history, and young people could have a pivotal role to play in improving the situation, writes Jasna Maric Krajacic in the Parliament Magazine. The European Youth Event will...

Vaira Vike-Freiberga

Vaira Vike-Freiberga

Dr. Vaira Vike-Freiberga has been the President of the World Leadership Aliance Club of Madrid since 2014  and is former President of Latvia (1999-2007). She was instrumental in achieving membership in the European Union and NATO for her country, and was Special Envoy...