Vice Admiral Michael Rogers, the commander of US Cyber Command, has said that ‘state-sponsored hackers are looking to get into the sorts of systems that control critical infrastructure and embedding the capabilities to attack them’. In November, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and US Postal Service acknowledged they had been subject to hacking campaigns during September.
Category: Insights and updates
Open Briefing launches new series of intelligence briefings on transnational organised crime
Transnational organised crime destroys lives and communities; yet, peace and security NGOs often tend to overlook it as a key human security issue. To address this, Open Briefing has launched a new series of monthly intelligence briefings on transnational organised crime researched and written by Dr Mary Young.
Open Briefing launches new intelligence sponsor programme
Open Briefing recognises that private intelligence and risk companies have a great deal to offer the peace and security sector. Companies have access to expertise and resources that would be of significant benefit to Open Briefing’s work on behalf of aid agencies, charities and other civil society organisations. As such, Open Briefing has launched a unique programme of intelligence and capacity-sharing agreements with carefully vetted private intelligence and risk consultancies.
Latest report cards from Open Briefing! April-June and July-September 2014
As part of our commitment to full transparency and accountability, we prepare evaluation reports every quarter to assess the progress we have achieved against our published objectives. We publish these reports in full, uncensored, on our website so our community can hold us to account. We have now published the evaluation reports for April-June and July-September 2014.
We need your support to continue and expand our unique peace and security work
We work hard to achieve an impact far beyond what our size and budget might suggest. We can only do this with the continued financial support of people like you who believe in what we are doing. Open Briefing is a bold and ambitious not-for-profit social enterprise. The vast majority of our funding comes from grants from charitable trusts and foundations, together with small donations from a growing number of individuals from around the world. We need your support.
Latest report card for Open Briefing! January-March 2014
As part of our commitment to full transparency and accountability, we prepare evaluation reports every quarter to assess the progress we have achieved against our published objectives. We publish these reports in full, uncensored, on our website so our community can hold us to account. We have now published the evaluation report for January to March 2014.
Israel and Kazakhstan: Assessing the state of bilateral relations
On the surface, one finds little common ground between Israel and Kazakhstan. Yet over the past two decades, mutual relations have acquired tremendous significance and the sort of momentum that allows an improbable relationship to thrive, according to a new report co-authored by Open Briefing's Kevjn Lim.
Open Briefing publishes first in new series of monthly briefings commissioned by Remote Control Project
Open Briefing has published the first in a new series of remote-control warfare monthly briefings commissioned by the Remote Control Project. Each month, the analysts in our unique intelligence unit will monitor developments in five key areas of remote-control warfare and assess their wider implications.