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SUMMARY:China’s expanding relations with Africa
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Chris Alden\, Reader\, International Relations Department\, London School of Economics and Political Science
URL:https://idsa.in/idsa-event/chinas-expanding-relations-with-africa
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SUMMARY:Interaction with Enrique Salem\, CEO of Symantec
DESCRIPTION:IDSA hosted an interactive discussion with Mr. Enrique Salem\, President and Chief Executive Officer of Symantec Corporation\, on the topic “The Information Security Agenda”.  Mr. Salem posed the current challenges in the information security industry in the context of a “New Cold War” with attacks getting increasingly more sophisticated and purposeful. In his introductory remarks\, Mr. Salem identified the various trends and challenges facing the information security industry. Beginning from the time that the role of the anti-virus was to protect a computer hard-disk and attendant floppy from viruses unleashed mainly through email by solitary hackers\, today the job has expanded to protecting information and data on a variety of devices from a spectrum of actors ranging from criminal organizations to state-affiliated entities. The current reactive approach to protecting devices through identifying viruses was getting increasingly unsustainable\, with as many as 1.6 million virus signatures having to be incorporated into each Symantec Update file. Therefore there was a greater need for cooperation between companies\, and governments need to go beyond treating viruses as an occupational hazard of being on the internet. Pro-active steps that could be taken included developing an early-warning system that could rapidly differentiate between different types of attacks and trace them to their source. This involved using a variety of methods such as heuristics and constant scanning of internet traffic patterns.  Secondly\, the current approach of updating anti-virus signatures on a regular basis has to be supplemented with reputation-based security\, somewhat similar to Google’s Pagerank algorithmic method. Speedy remediation was another important step\, again involving cooperation at various levels\, along with working out ways and means of effective counter-measures to eliminate the threat at its source. All this required co-operation across industries as well as with governments; in the United States itself\, nearly two-thirds of the internet infrastructure was in private hands\, and the same is the case in other countries. The recent attacks on Google were an eye-opener with regard to their sophistication and organization. Substantial amounts of data were moved with military precision\, with teams leading the infiltration\, other teams moving the information\, and yet another covering the tracks. These same capabilities could also be used for cyberattacks.   \nQuestions and comments raised during the discussion that followed included the vulnerabilities of various operating systems\, the inadequacies of antiviruses to deal with targeted attacks\, the threats posed by identity theft\, privacy issues\, software piracy and other related issues. In his closing remarks\, Dr. Arvind Gupta\, who chaired the discussion\, dwelt on the issue of affordability of products such as anti-virus software as being an important factor in their usage. He also spoke of the need to revitalise intergovernmental efforts\, which had been languishing for sometime\, to ensure the security and stability of cyberspace.  \nAmong those who took part in the interaction were officials from the government\, the Armed Forces\, IDSA scholars and CERT-In. \nPrepared by Dr. Cherian Samuel\, Associate Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses\, New Delhi.
URL:https://idsa.in/idsa-event/interaction-with-enrique-salem-ceo-of-symantec
CATEGORIES:ROUND TABLES / WORKSHOPS,EVENT REPORT
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SUMMARY:Visit of the Canadian National Security Programme
DESCRIPTION:The Canadian National Security Programme visited IDSA on February 25\, 2010. The delegation comprising 20 members of Colonel and equivalent ranks was led by the Commandant\, Brig. Gen. D.C. Hilton. It was accompanied by the Senior Mentor and the Academic Adviser.   \nThe Canadian Forces’ National Security Programme (NSP) is the senior professional military programme offered to officers in the Canadian Forces. It can be equated to India’s National Defence College. The NSP is a ten month in-house course designed to prepare senior officers for employment as strategic level leaders and joint task force commanders and senior staff. The NSP consists of several core areas of study\, one of which is a Field Research Exercise (FSE) set in an international venue. The International FSE focuses on countries that are important to Canada’s national security\, foreign\, defence and trade policies. India was identified as the location for the 2010 FSE due to its status as a regional leader and its increasing impact and influence globally. \nAt IDSA\, the delegation was briefed on India’s overall security perspective and its perspective on China\, Pakistan and Afghanistan by Col. Raj Shukla\, Air Cmde. (Retd.) Ramesh Phadke\, Col. (Retd.) Ali Ahmed and Lt. Col. D.P.K. Pillay\, respectively. The briefing was followed by a discussion. The questions ranged from what would be the tipping point of India’s ascent to great power status to prospects of mediation in the Kashmir issue. Air Cmde. (Retd.) Phadke chaired the session. The session concluded with an exchange of mementoes.  \nPrepared by Ali Ahmed\, Research Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses\, New Delhi.
URL:https://idsa.in/idsa-event/visit-of-the-canadian-national-security-programme
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