BE’ER SHEVA, Israel, April 9, 2014 – Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Chairman, President and CEO Marillyn Hewson officially opened our newest office in Israel today to support the Corporation’s growing presence in that important country. The new office further demonstrates the Corporation’s commitment to supporting the Israeli Defense Force and their “Move to the South” campaign.

Former Israeli Air Force Brig. Gen. Shelly Gotman was recently appointed as managing director of Israel for the company’s Information Systems & Global Solutions (IS&GS) business and will lead the office.  Lockheed Martin’s IS&GS business has been the number one provider of information technology solutions and services to the U.S. government for the past 19 years. It has been growing its international presence with major operations in the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. Current IS&GS customers include NATO; British air traffic management organization NATS; the Australian Tax office; and the United Kingdom Ministry of Justice.

Remarks by Marillyn Hewson, as prepared for delivery, at today’s office opening:

I would like to begin by extending my welcome to Mayor Danilovich. Thank you for the support you’ve given us in establishing this new facility.

To our partners from academia, the business community, government officials, members of the Israeli Defense Force and special guests. Welcome and thank you all for being here today.  This is an extremely important day and I am happy to be a part of it.

The opening of our Lockheed Martin office here in Be’er Sheva is a demonstration of our commitment to supporting the Israeli Defense Force’s “Move to the South” strategy. Establishing this office is also an important step in the establishment of Lockheed Martin in Israel.

We are investing here and building our local team to ensure we have the resources required to support our valued customers and trusted partners in Israel. In fact, Joshua (Shani) introduced Shelly Gotman who has just joined the Lockheed Martin team as our new Director of Information Systems & Global Solutions office here, in Be’er Sheva.

Shelly is a former fighter pilot and was a Brigadier General in the Israeli Air Force and we are proud to have him on our team.

The consolidation of IDF Technical Units to new bases in the Negev Desert region is an important transformation of Israel’s information technology capability. We understand the challenges of this move.  Which is why we are investing in the facilities and people that will ensure we are prepared to support for these critical projects. By locating our new office in the capital of the Negev we are well positioned to work closely with our Israeli partners and stand ready to:  accelerate project execution, reduce program risk and share our technical expertise by training and developing in-country talent.

In the United States, Silicon Valley stands as our country’s “center for information technology innovation.”  With the opening of this office and the strategic investments being made by the IDF it is clear that Be’er Sheva is on its way to becoming the Silicon Valley of Israel.

Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion understood the potential for this region when he called for pioneering settlement of the Negev Desert nearly 60 years ago. He spoke with his actions when he himself moved to this region later in life.

The “Move to the South” initiative is a significant step in fulfilling Ben-Gurion’s vision of “making the desert bloom.” And we are proud to be a part of this national center of excellence for information technology in the south.

Thank you for being here today. And it’s my pleasure to welcome you to the newest Lockheed Martin Israel office.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 115,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation’s net sales for 2013 were $45.4 billion.

Brussels - 08 April, 2014 European Defence Agency

 Le blog de l'EPITA

1 April 2014 BAE Systems
 

Comment from BAE Systems Applied Intelligence

Martin Sutherland, Managing Director of BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, said:

“The cyber threat is constantly evolving and presenting the security community with new challenges. Highly sophisticated groups of adversaries – whether criminal or state-sponsored – are becoming increasingly well organised and developing ever more complex tools with which to attack their targets. There has rarely been such a far reaching menace with the ability to threaten every aspect of society – critical infrastructure, business, and the economy as a whole.

“In the face of this, it is vital that the Government takes a strong lead and provides an efficient infrastructure that allows the security community to collaborate and share vital information. It’s only by working together that we will rise to the challenge the cyber threat presents and the establishment of CERT UK is a positive step forward, which emphasises the importance of effective incident response and information sharing to protect vital UK assets. CERT UK will also be valuable in increasing international collaboration on cyber incidents.

“To achieve these goals it’s essential that CERT UK develops a clear and effective model for industry engagement, both in terms of the private sector as a whole and cyber security suppliers specifically. We look forward to working closely with our partners in Government, through our roles in the Cyber Incident Response Scheme and the Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership, to ensure that the new infrastructure provide by CERT UK is as successful as possible.”

28/03/2014 Sources : EMA

Le 18 mars 2014, le général d’armées Pierre de Villiers, chef d’état-major des armées, a rencontré à Washington son homologue aux Etats-Unis, le général Martin E. Dempsey.

Quelques semaines après la visite du président français outre-atlantique, les deux généraux ont évoqué le partenariat stratégique entre nos forces armées. Ils ont en particulier abordé les travaux de planification et de coordination des opérations sur la lutte contre le terrorisme en Afrique,  mais également dans le cadre de l’OTAN. Les deux chefs d’états-majors ont par ailleurs échangé sur les travaux communs en matière d’espace et  de cyberdéfense.

28/03/2014 Asp. Camille Martin Economie et technologie

Lancée en 2012, la chaire de cyberdéfense et cybersécurité Saint-Cyr Sogeti Thales a pour objectif de renforcer un axe de recherche indispensable au développement de la cyberdéfense. Guerre irrégulière, robotisation du champ de bataille et cyberconflictualité constituent les principaux thèmes de travail au sein du centre de recherche des écoles de Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan (ESCC). Les ESCC proposent également à leurs élèves un mastère spécialisé en cyberdéfense. Une formation innovante ayant pour but de maitriser l’ensemble de l’environnement et notamment l’aspect gestion de crise

27/03/2014 de Guerric Poncet Le Web en lignes / Le Point.fr

Guillaume Poupard, ingénieur en chef de l'armement, prend la tête de l'Anssi. Il succède à Patrick Pailloux, nommé directeur technique de la DGSE.

Le Point.fr l'évoquait dès janvier dernier : avec le départ de Patrick Pailloux à la Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure (DGSE), l'Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d'information (Anssi) se trouvait sans patron. Le Conseil des ministres n'aura mis que quelques semaines pour combler le vide à la tête de cette agence de cyberdéfense, avec la nomination de Guillaume Poupard, comme le précise le compte-rendu du 26 mars.

Ingénieur en chef de l'armement et responsable jusqu'à aujourd'hui du pôle sécurité des systèmes d'information à la Direction générale de l'armement (DGA), Guillaume Poupard est un expert des technologies de cyberguerre et de cyberdéfense. Le Point.fr l'avait rencontré en janvier au Forum international sur la cybercriminalité (FIC) de Lille. Il nous avait notamment déclaré que nos armes informatiques sont depuis peu "opérationnelles, et nous avons fait de gros progrès". "Le livre blanc de la Défense de 2008 a posé des bases de travail, vous imaginez bien que les choses ont bougé depuis six ans !" avait-il ironisé.

Du développement des armes à l'opérationnel

"Je ne peux pas vous dire où les armements cyber (français) sont développés : nous n'avons aujourd'hui aucun intérêt à le dire", nous avait par ailleurs expliqué Guillaume Poupard. Pas plus de succès lorsque nous avions essayé de connaître le nombre de personnes impliquées dans le secteur : "Je peux simplement vous dire que tout dépend du ministère de la Défense dans ce domaine", glissait-il. Un ministère qu'il quitte donc pour rejoindre le terrain, à l'Anssi. L'Agence dépend du Secrétariat général de la défense et de la sécurité nationale (SGDSN), lui-même directement rattaché au Premier ministre.

S'il quitte le développement des armes informatiques pour passer du côté opérationnel non pas de la cyberguerre, mais de la cyberdéfense (la nuance est importante : on ne parle pas ici d'offensif), Guillaume Poupard n'est pas un novice dans le domaine : docteur en cryptographie, il avait dirigé le laboratoire de la DCSSI, l'ancêtre de l'agence dont il prend les rênes aujourd'hui, comme le rappelle l'Informaticien.com. Qu'importe le passé de l'heureux élu, son origine va à coup sûr faire grincer des dents au ministère de l'Intérieur, exaspéré par la mainmise de la Défense sur l'Agence. Comme nous l'avions craint en janvier, la place Beauvau pourrait bien user de sa marge de manoeuvre et profiter des faibles pouvoirs de sanction de l'agence pour se désolidariser de l'action de l'Anssi.

De son côté, Patrick Pailloux devient directeur technique de la DGSE, une position stratégique et polémique, puisque c'est ce service qui dirige les opérations de surveillance massive des télécommunications. Une activité qui vaut à la "piscine" son nouveau surnom - abusif - de "NSA à la française".

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Michael Lyons, Joint Tactical Communications Office communications operator, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, looks through information on a workstation inside the Combined Air and Space Operations Center-Nellis during Red Flag 14-1 Feb. 5, 2014, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.

March 15, 2014 by Tamir Eshel - defense-update.com

While the aircrews soared over the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) duking it out with the aggressor fighters, intelligence and cyber specialists fought off “enemy” cyber attacks at the Combined Air Operations Center-Nellis. For the first time in Red Flag’s nearly 40-year history, the 24th Air Force played a significant role as the Cyber Mission Force (CMF), at the Air Combat Command-sponsored Red Flag exercise.

When Red Flag 14-2 started three weeks later, information aggressors were also hard at work. “The integrated cyber domain is key to providing a realistic full-spectrum opposing force training environment for our war fighters,” said Quinn Carman, 57th Information Aggressor Squadron technical lead and team chief.

“”This is an asymmetric capability that we’re scratching at the surface to employ” Brig. Gen. Robert J. Skinner, XO AFCYBER “

“In any modern conflict, our forces are going to face an enemy which will use cyber both directly and indirectly to deny, degrade and disrupt. The 57th IAS is able to bring threat-representative cyber capabilities to the Red Flag Exercise as a part of a complete and integrated Aggressor Opposing Force.

Royal Australian air force Flight Sgt. Sean Bedford (left) and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Frederick analyze air missile defense systems inside the Combined Air and Space Operations Center-Nellis during Red Flag 14-1, on Feb. 5, 2014, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Space duty technicians direct air missile ballistic warnings and provide communication to combat search and rescue teams. Beford is an Australian Space Operations Centre space duty technician and Frederick is a 603rd Air and Space Operations Center space duty technician. Photo: USAF, Brett Clashman

 

“The warfare centre fundamentally changed how Red Flag is being carried out this year in an effort to fully integrate non-kinetic operations and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. “Developments happening with cyber and ISR are all in preparation for operations in a contested environment,” said Capt. Andrew Caulk, a spokesman for AFISRA. “We train like we fight.” Changes to the Red Flag construct, which now links scenarios across several days, allowed intelligence to be gathered in a more realistic world setting. This Red Flag was also the first time 24th AF has been fully integrated with the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency.

“This is an asymmetric capability that we’re scratching at the surface to employ,” said Brig. Gen. Robert J. Skinner, the AFCYBER deputy commander. “We are more engaged with Red Flag, allowing more opportunities to provide mission effects at the point of our choosing and at the drop of a hat for joint force commanders to use… We use Red Flag for advanced training to hone our skills, and we continue to learn great lessons to employ in the next one,” Skinner said. “You can see us taking advantage of operations to become better, faster and leaner.” RAAF No.77 Squadron Group Capt. Robert Chipman confirmed,”The immersion into the fog of war is just phenomenal in Red Flag, and that’s what really sets it apart from any other exercises we’ve participated in… You’re expected to be ready to perform in a complex air environment on day one.”

Brussels - 24 March, 2014 European Defence Agency

A pilot Decision-Making Exercise on Cyberspace Crisis Management will take place in Lisbon in May 2014.  The pilot exercise aims to prepare strategic leaders for situations involving  a major cyber-attack.

With an increasing amount of critical infrastructure - as well as military and government activities - now online the threat of cyber-attacks is growing every day. For this reason, at the European Council meeting in December 2013, Cyber was recognised as one of four key capabilities for future EDA activity.

The pilot exercise in Lisbon aims to prepare strategic leaders with the experience and structures necessary to deal with a cyberspace crisis. The exercise will help increase awareness and contribute to a better understanding of emerging cyberspace challenges and threats.  

Used to develop further training courses

One of the aims of the pilot is to help to develop a coherent conceptual toolkit that could be used in assessing current and future decision-making frameworks and could be used in future training plans. This could include the development of a repository of ‘off-the-shelf’ training courses, exercises, and scenarios that Member States could use in the future.

EU Cyber Security Strategy

The pilot was developed under the EU Cyber Security Strategy which identified the improvement of leadership, training, and exercises as a key activity for cyber security efforts in the EU. This was reinforced by the results of an EDA study in 2012 that found shortcomings in Cyber Security training and exercises of all 20 Member States who took part.

The European Council in December called for the EDA to develop a roadmap for cyber defence as well as concrete projects focused on training and exercises, improving civil/military cooperation, and the protection of assets in EU missions and operation.

More information

• Factsheet on Cyber Defence
• The European Council Conclusions

March 20, 2014 spacewar.com (AFP)

Paris - The French intelligence agency in charge of military and electronic spying is massively collecting data and monitoring networks of telecoms giant Orange, Le Monde newspaper reported in its Friday edition.

"The DGSE can read, like an open book, the origin and destination of all communications of Orange customers," the paper said.

Monitoring operations were being carried out without any external supervision with access "free and total" for spies at the General Directorate for External Security (DGSE).

Le Monde said its report was based on an internal British intelligence document made available by former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.

Contacted by AFP, an Orange spokesman said the company "like all (other) operators has relations with state agencies in charge of the country's and the French people's security."

"These relations strictly comply with the laws and are legal under the responsibility of the State and the control of judges," he added.

The DGSE and agents with military clearance have been working with Orange, formerly known as France Telecom, "for at least 30 years", said Le Monde.

The DGSE would not comment on the report.

Snowden, who has been charged in the United States with espionage, lives in exile in Russia.

He said earlier this month he had no regrets over his leaks about mass surveillance programmes by the US National Security Agency (NSA), saying they sparked a needed public debate on spying and data collection.

Berne, 20.03.2014 - news.admin.ch

La deuxième cyber-landsgemeinde du RNS a eu lieu à Berne le 20 mars 2014. Environ 70 participants des cantons et de la Confédération ont reçu des informations sur la concrétisation de la Stratégie nationale de protection de la Suisse contre les cyberrisques (SNPC), avec un accent sur les projets en cours au niveau cantonal.

La SNPC a pour objectif de réduire les cyberrisques, en collaboration avec les autorités, les milieux économiques et les exploitants d'infrastructures critiques. Le RNS organise la mise en oeuvre de cette stratégie sur le plan cantonal et communal, d'entente avec l'organe de coordination SNPC rattaché à l'Unité de pilotage informatique de la Confédération.

La landsgemeinde a permis d'échanger des informations sur la concrétisation de la stratégie ainsi que sur l'état d'avancement de divers projets du RNS. Quatre groupes de travail se sont attelés, depuis fin 2013, à la réalisation de mesures au sein des cantons. Leur objectif est de soutenir les cantons par des produits concrets, d'augmenter leur capacité de résistance et de réduire les cyberrisques. Il s'agit en outre d'améliorer la coopération et les réseaux entre cantons et Confédération.

Les groupes de travail ont une composition paritaire. Trois d'entre eux se penchent sur l'analyse des risques et la prévention, la gestion des incidents, et la gestion des crises. Ils produisent des concepts ainsi que des processus et améliorent l'accès au savoir des experts. Le quatrième groupe de travail établit une vue d'ensemble des infractions et un concept de coordination des ensembles de cas au niveau intercantonal.

En plus des informations transmises, la réunion a permis des échanges d'expériences. Des ateliers ont servi à estimer les besoins et à recueillir les suggestions des participants des cantons et de la Confédération. La prochaine édition aura lieu en 2015.