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The BGF-G7 Summit Initiative cybersecurity program

(April 4th, 2016) The Boston Global Forum has presented to planners of the G7 Summit, set for May 26-27 in Japan, its recommendations for improving cybersecurity and cybercitizenship. The proposals are part of the BGF-G7 Summit initiative.   The Boston Global...

U.S would not recognize Chinese exclusion zone in S. China Sea

(April 4th, 2016) The United States has told China it will not recognize an exclusion zone in the South China Sea and would view such a move as "destabilizing," U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work said. In what might be a sign of a tougher stance, at least...

Brussels blasts show gaps persist in E.U. counter-terrorism

(April 4th, 2016) European Union governments  had vowed deeper cross-border cooperation to battle Islamic terrorism after the November attacks in Paris exposed fatal weaknesses in security coordination,  the Brussels attacks showed that those efforts remain very...

BGF online dialogue looks at ‘white hat hackers’

(April 4th, 2016) In The Boston Global Forum’s latest online dialogue on cybersecurity, Andrew Douglas,  director of Deloitte’s Cyber Risk Services, and Allan M. Cytryn, a BGF adviser and a principal of Risk Matters International, discuss how organizations can use...

Obama continues to push Cuban detente

(March 28th, 2016) This week, President Obama is in Havana, he is determined to make his détente with Cuba irreversible. He does after all face quite a few people who oppose his effort to end the half-century of enmity between the two countries. As his trip to Cuba...

FBI puts 2 Syrian hackers on a most-wanted list

(March 28th, 2016) The FBI found the hackers’ identities by obtaining search warrants for their Google and Facebook accounts. The men often used Gmail accounts to threaten and extort money from their victims. Ahmad Umar Agha and Firas Dardar The FBI has put two Syrian...