On November 14th, 2011, Matt Fisher reported for the Montreal Gazette on how Canada is giving the U.S. $477 million to access U.S. Air Force satellites to stop foreign cyberattacks. The article says the satellites are part of Wideband Global Satcom, a joint American-Australian satellite network "capable of handling massive amounts of bandwidth transmitting and exchanging secure data."
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On November 14th, 2011, Steve Alexander reported for the Chicago Tribune how the rise of outsourcing has raised cybersecurity concerns. Specifically, the article considers how big banks, hospitals, and insurance companies are increasingly worried whether their partner firms can safely handle people's personal information. This outsourcing has lead to an increase business consultants called information security auditors; these auditors determine whether companies have sufficient computer security. The article quoted one auditor as saying "We're in the Wild West period of security compliance . . . There are no security standards that are widely accepted."
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On November 14th, 2011, Jesse Emspak wrote for SecurityNewsDaily on how cyberwar is likely to be started by smaller-powers. Citing several cyber-experts, the article explains how cyberattacks by non-state actors (like the small group of Russian patriots that attacked Estonia in 2007) are more likely than cyberattacks by nation-states.
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