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Nato allies form cyber defence command

News Nato is creating a cyber command to protect its allies against crippling online attacks on national infrastructure. The Cyber Defence Management Authority (CDMA) will co-ordinate cyber defence among Nato allies after its formation was backed by...

Tags: cyber, defence, nato

[08 Apr 2008]

Nato: Cyber terrorism 'as dangerous as missile attack'

News Nato's cyber defence chief has warned that computer-based terrorism poses the same threat to national security as a missile attack. Suleyman Anil, head of Nato Computer Incident Response Capability Co-ordination Centre, said a determined cyber...

Tags: nato, terrorism, security, war

[07 Mar 2008]

Nato beefs up cyber defences

News A state-of-the-art monitoring technology will allow Nato to instantly spot anybody trying to hack into its systems. Nato's Communication and Information Systems Agency is protecting the alliance's network of thousands of computers with Guidance...

Tags: military, security, nato, response

[05 Mar 2008]

Why no united front on cyber crime?

Comment This year even shadow home secretary David Davis will be joining the directors of the FBI, US Secret Service, Nato and the likes of PayPal, Lloyds TSB and Unilever to reflect on a shared problem that threatens the world's most advanced economies.

Tags: cyber crime, internet, botnets, crime

[27 Feb 2008]

Nato HQs to get millions injected into tech upgrade

News Nato is to spend €4.2m upgrading tech systems at its headquarters. EADS Defence & Security will install an IT system to serve 1,200 administration and support staff at two Nato headquarters in Germany and one in the Netherlands.

Tags: defence, cisco, hp, nato

[16 Jan 2008]

ACP 133: The Military Directory Standard

whitepaper ACP 133 is the NATO Standard for Military Directory: "Common Directory Services and Procedures". The current version is "Edition B", published in February 2000. Edition C" is being developed, and is expected to be published shortly.

Tags: directory services

[06 Jan 2008]

Military Messaging Over Low Bandwidth Networks

whitepaper The two military specifications which have evolved to deal with such a messaging environment are the CCEB (Combined Communications-Electronics Board - AU, CA, NZ, US, UK) developed ACP 142 and NATO's STANAG 4406 Annex E.

Tags: bandwidth issues

[06 Jan 2008]

Replication for Tactical Directory

whitepaper This international core specification is used as the basis for national and NATO directories. Directory is an important component of Tactical Military operations. This paper looks at requirements for Tactical Directory, explains why there are...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications

[06 Jan 2008]

MoD boosts battlefield comms

News Falcon works with other MoD comms systems such as Skynet 5 and is compatible with Nato systems. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a £45m contract extension with BAE Systems Insyte to extend the supply of the Falcon communications system.

Tags: bae systems, falcon, raf, comms

[28 Sep 2007]

SAP Arms the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency for Success

whitepaper For more than 50 years, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO) has played an indispensable role in safeguarding the transatlantic community. But with forces from 26 nations participating in the frequently complex operations of the renowned...

Tags: erp, role, activities, community

[14 Sep 2007]

MoD slammed over friendly fire tech

News Nato's Operation Urgent Quest exercise (see photos here) tested a number of combat identification technologies - including the millimetre-based BCIS technology and RFID tags - in 2005 under battlefield conditions with 800 troops, 94 combat...

Tags: friendly fire, rfid

[01 May 2007]

Top 10: The best, worst... and craziest uses of RFID

News Last year Nato's Operation Urgent Quest exercise tested the potential of a number of combat identity systems under battlefield conditions. Children: Japanese authorities decided to start chipping schoolchildren in one primary school in Osaka a...

Tags: rfid

[30 Nov 2006]

Can SMEs compete for government contracts?

News Reflex Magnetics is a small IT security company that has just won a contract with Nato, and has been working with the DTI, the MoD and the RAF for years. The government is aiming to give smaller companies a better shot at bidding for public sector...

Tags: sme

[29 Jun 2006]

WebAgain Case Study: NATO

whitepaper Allied Command Europe (ACE) is one of two major military commands of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Security and safety have remained the top priority for SHAPE and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) commands since the...

Tags: europe, north, command, headquarters

[19 Apr 2006]

Interoperable Networks for Secure Communications

whitepaper The Interoperable Networks for Secure Communications (INSC) project is an international collaborative activity between Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States, with invited contributions...

Tags: mobility, extension, united states, international

[17 Jan 2006]

Leader: Military tech trial has lessons for the private sector

Leader As deployments of multinational forces become the standard way of dealing with conflict, Nato has realised it is vital that forces from different member countries can communicate and recognise friend from foe.

Tags: rfid

[20 Oct 2005]

Photos: Technology fights 'friendly fire'

Photo Nato forces have been testing a range of combat identification technologies on Salisbury Plain. This M1 Abrams tank forms part of the US forces used in the Nato "Urgent Quest" exercise. Above, a Challenger 2 tank used in the trial.

Tags: rfid

[20 Oct 2005]

Army tests RFID to beat 'friendly fire'

Army tests RFID to beat 'friendly fire'

News Earlier this month Nato's Operation Urgent Quest exercise (see pictures here) tested the potential of a number of combat identity systems under battlefield conditions on Salisbury Plain, with 800 troops, 94 combat vehicles and nine aircraft...

Tags: army, rfid

[20 Oct 2005]

Tactical Data Link 22: NATO Improved Link 11 - NILE

whitepaper Seven participating NATO nations contracted through the U.S. Northrop Grumman Information Technology (IT) developed the Link 22 data link as a data communications link among air, surface, subsurface, and ground-based tactical units using radio...

Tags: network design, function, link, communications systems

[01 Sep 2005]

TEMPEST and Zone Systems

whitepaper TEMPEST and Zone products are commercial products designed and modified to meet rigorous United States Government and NATO (AMSG) specifications for minimizing electromagnetic emissions, thereby providing protection from unauthorized access to...

Tags: security management, program, classified, member

[01 Sep 2005]

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