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Spotlight | Europe
KEYS OF THE SECURITY KINGDOM

European legislation on encryption is widely varied. For instance, Dirk Heuze, head of BSI, the German information security agency, strongly recommends that companies encrypt their messages on the Internet. His French counterpart, gen. Jean-Louis Desvignes, head of the Service Central [...]

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United States
CIVILIANS BUCKING CHANGE AT NSA

National Security Agency insiders say the organization's new director, Lt.-Gen. Michael Hayden, who took up his job in March, has [...]

Subscribers only 04.11.1999

Spotlight | Europe, United States
THE PITFALLS OF MASS-PRODUCED ENCRYPTION

During the G8 summit meeting in Moscow this week as ministers laid plans for future cooperation in fighting cybercrime several law enforcement and intelligence officials on the sidelines were instead weighing the consequences of mass-produced encryption.

Subscribers only 21.10.1999

Spotlight | United States
IBM AND MICROSOFT, THEIR SECRET ALLIANCES

In recent months the Pentagon and NSA have undertaken secret and direct negotiations with the bosses of IBM and Microsoft to get them to install systems enabling the intelligence community to gain access to encrypted data.

Subscribers only 07.10.1999

United States
FRESH APPROACH TO ENCRYPTION

The hand of the U.S. Justice Department and Pentagon in shaping American policy on cryptography became ever-more evident when the [...]

Subscribers only 23.09.1999

United Kingdom
TAPPING INTO THE WEB

The Home Office department that deals with organized crime recently published a consultative paper called 'Interception of Communications in the [...]

Subscribers only 22.07.1999

United States
ENCRYPTION EXPORTS TO BE LIBERALIZED?

The President's Export Council Subcommittee on Encryption (PECSENC) met in [...]

Subscribers only 08.07.1999

United States
WORLD-WIDE INTERNET SECURITY SCHEME

Washington is intent on creating a massive domestic and international Internet monitoring system, according to Intelligence Newsletter sources close to [...]

Subscribers only 08.07.1999

Spotlight | Europe, United States
GSM CELLULAR PHONES INCREASINGLY UNRELIABLE

Over the past six months a roaring trade has sprung up on back-street markets for equipment to intercept cellular telephone calls that had once been reserved for government intelligence and law enforcement agencies. The risk that GSM networks are being [.

Subscribers only 10.06.1999

United States
NSA VOICES FEARS IN CRYPTOGRAPHY

Speaking before a House judiciary sub-committee on March 4, NSA [...]

Subscribers only 11.03.1999

United States
HOW THE NSA "WEAKENS" ALGORITHMS

In the latest of his electronic Crypto Gram publications dated Feb. 15, cryptography expert Bruce Schneier, head of the Minneapolis-based [...]

Subscribers only 25.02.1999

United States
THE DRIVE FOR AGILE INTELLIGENCE

The recent publication of the book "Top Secret Intranet" (Prentice Hall, NJ., ISBN 0-13-080898-9) by a former top-level NSA official, [...]

Subscribers only 11.02.1999

United States
NSA'S POST-COLD WAR PROFILE

Significant new details on how the National Security Agency is organized in the post-Cold War era have emerged from new [...]

Subscribers only 28.01.1999

United States
ANNUAL RSA CONFERENCE

For the first time, the 1999 version of the renowned [...]

Subscribers only 26.11.1998

Spotlight | Europe
WIDER BUGGING POWERS FOR AUTHORITIES?

In the wake of two meetings – one in Vienna between Oct. 20-22 and the second in Madrid on Oct. 27-28 – a group of European Union law enforcement experts tabled a draft project on "interception of telecommunications in relation [.

Subscribers only 12.11.1998

United States
ENCRYPTION WITH A "PRIVATE DOORBELL"

Thirteen U.S. computer companies announced on July 13 that they had made a new "breakthrough" on the encryption export front. [...]

Subscribers only 16.07.1998

France
SCSSI TO BE BEEFED UP?

The French government is thinking of considerably beefing up the Service Central pour la Securite des Systemes d'Information (SCSSI) to [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 16.07.1998

United States
THE THREATS AND TRANSPARENCY GAME

In a hearing before a Senate panel on June 24, CIA director George Tenet and NSA boss Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minihan [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 02.07.1998

Spotlight | Europe, United States
NEW PUSH FOR NETWORK SECURITY

Not too long ago the intelligence and defense sectors were alone in worrying about the security of information systems, and the question was handled on a national level. But with the growth of the Internet the issue now involves every [.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 18.06.1998

United States
NSA PUSHES ISRAELI COMPUTER PRODUCT

The National Security Agency, which prides itself on ensuring the use of American-made chips and printed circuit boards for its [...]

Subscribers only 04.06.1998

United States
MERGER MANIA IN ENCRYPTION TRADE

Experts are wondering whether a current wave of mergers in the U.S. encryption business can be interpreted as a sign [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 05.03.1998

United Kingdom
INTRANET SECURITY DEEMED UNSAFE

The Communications Electronics Security Group (CESG), a division of Britain's SIGINT organization GCHQ that vets information technology products for government [...]

Subscribers only 19.02.1998

United States
HOW NIST AND NSA POOL THEIR EFFORTS

Speaking before the U.S. Senate subcommittee for technology and space on Feb. 10, Raymond Kammer, the new director of the [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 19.02.1998

United States
NSA TAKES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Clinton Brooks, who had served up to now as special [...]

Subscribers only 05.02.1998

United States
CROWELL LANDS AT CYLINK CORP

In contact with several companies in the computer field since he retired in September (IN 322/323), the former deputy director [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 22.01.1998

Sweden
AUTHORITIES FIND LOTUS "FLAW"

The Swedish government has just discovered that the encryption software in the Lotus Notes (IBM) system includes a "flaw" that [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 08.01.1998

United States
PLUGGING HOLES IN INFORMATION SECURITY

Unveiled on Nov. 5 after several months of sometimes story debate, the report that the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure [...]

Subscribers only 20.11.1997

United States
WILLIAM CROWELL

Less than two months after he retired as deputy director of the National Security Agency (NSA), William Crowell has been [...]

Subscribers only 06.11.1997

United States
ARMY UNDER NETSCAPE COLORS

The U.S. armed forces have adopted Netscape for its communications. [...]

Subscribers only 23.10.1997

Spotlight | Europe, United States
STANDARDS A WEAPON IN INFOWAR

Up to now, standards and norms on a national or world level traditionally emerged from a long bureaucratic process established by engineers isolated in their specific technical fields. For some time now, however, this backwater world has become a strategic [.

Subscribers only 12.06.1997

United Kingdom, United States
GETTING AROUND EXPORT CURB

Two companies, UK Web Ltd. and C2Net Software, Inc., have [...]

Subscribers only 27.03.1997

Spotlight | United States
CRYPTOGRAPHY'S LEAP INTO COMMERCIAL ARENA

By the end of this year cryptography will have definitely quit the intelligence and defense spheres in which it has been carefully enclosed up to now and thrown itself into the commercial era. The RSA Data Security Conference which was [.

Subscribers only 13.02.1997

United States
PROTECTING SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS

An Atlanta-based company specializing in encryption software for the Internet, [...]

Subscribers only 30.01.1997

United States
SECURING DATA ON THE INTERNET

Hewlett-Packard claims to have developed an encryption framework for securing [...]

Subscribers only 28.11.1996

United States
A "LOCKBOX" TO KEEP CODES

The U S company Trusted Information Services (TIS) was one of the first to criticize the Clipper Chip when it [...]

Subscribers only 18.07.1996

United States
EASING THE GLOBAL RULES

New international rules and technical standards for cryptography that both the U.S. government and the majority of Western nations could [...]

Subscribers only 07.03.1996

United States
FBI AND IRS LOBBY TOGETHER

American intelligence services are known to be strongly opposed to [...]

Subscribers only 11.01.1996

United States
SCRAMBLER FOR SENSITIVE MESSAGES

Most users working in companies or government services who need to protect their messages don't do so because encryption software [...]

Subscribers only 12.10.1995

France
A COMPUTER SPY UNMASKED

For years Jean-Bernard Condat has undoubtedly been France's best-known computer hacker. Appearing on television talk shows, launching provocative operations and [...]

Subscribers only 12.10.1995

Spotlight | France, United States
DAWN OF THE INFOWAR ERA

A small group of American hackers who claimed to be infuriated over French economic spying against the U.S. were preparing this summer to mount an electronic assault on the main nerve centers of the French economy.

Subscribers only 14.09.1995

France, United States
THE FEARLESS CODE BUSTERS

Damien Doligez, a 27-year-old French research worker who took a job at the Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et [...]

Subscribers only 31.08.1995

Spotlight | Russia, United States
THE SCRAMBLE FOR RUSSIAN COMPUTER NETWORKS

The Russians and Americans have been racing in recent months to grab control of computer networks in Russia. In the early days of perestroika the U.S. acted through various foundations and universities to equip many Russian scientists with computers and [.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 13.07.1995

United States
WILL NAUTILUS SCUPPER CLIPPER CHIP?

Three American programmers, Bill Dorsey, Pat Mullarky and Paul Rubin, last month began using Internet to distribute the Beta version [...]

Subscribers only 31.05.1995

Spotlight | Middle East, United States
INTELLIGENCE BATTLE IN CYBERSPACE

The huge information arena created by Internet has become a new, world-wide battleground for leading intelligence services. The same struggles that took place up to now in the "real" world are unfolding at present in cyberspace.

Subscribers only 26.04.1995

United States
NSA GUARDING A CLOSED MARKET?

Denials of export licences for American encryption technologies and denials of joint development with foreign firms may have inadvertently revealed [...]

Subscribers only 20.07.1994

United States
MORE WOES FOR CLIPPER CHIP

The very company to first propose putting the public encryption Clipper Chip, with a government-approved "backdoor" in its products, AT&T, [...]

Subscribers only 08.06.1994

United States
DAILY ENCRYPTION "MARKET SURVEY"

Earlier this month there were hearings at the Senate Subcommittee on Technology and Law, chaired by Senator Patrick Leahy, on [...]

Subscribers only 25.05.1994

Spotlight | United States
CRYPTOGRAPHY BATTLE

On Thursday 19 May the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced the adoption of the Digital Signature Standard (DSS) as the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 186. As such DSS is to provide unforgeable digital signatures to all [.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 25.05.1994

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China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

Ukraine Jamming wars

North Korea, Russia Moscow and Pyongyang's budding 'romance'

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France Information wars in the Caucasus

France Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

Insiders | China Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Spotlight | Europe KEYS OF THE SECURITY KINGDOM

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United States CIVILIANS BUCKING CHANGE AT NSA

Spotlight | Europe, United States THE PITFALLS OF MASS-PRODUCED ENCRYPTION

Spotlight | United States IBM AND MICROSOFT, THEIR SECRET ALLIANCES

United States FRESH APPROACH TO ENCRYPTION

United Kingdom TAPPING INTO THE WEB

United States ENCRYPTION EXPORTS TO BE LIBERALIZED?

United States WORLD-WIDE INTERNET SECURITY SCHEME

Spotlight | Europe, United States GSM CELLULAR PHONES INCREASINGLY UNRELIABLE

United States NSA VOICES FEARS IN CRYPTOGRAPHY

United States HOW THE NSA "WEAKENS" ALGORITHMS

United States THE DRIVE FOR AGILE INTELLIGENCE

United States NSA'S POST-COLD WAR PROFILE

United States ANNUAL RSA CONFERENCE

Spotlight | Europe WIDER BUGGING POWERS FOR AUTHORITIES?

United States ENCRYPTION WITH A "PRIVATE DOORBELL"

France SCSSI TO BE BEEFED UP?

United States THE THREATS AND TRANSPARENCY GAME

Spotlight | Europe, United States NEW PUSH FOR NETWORK SECURITY

United States NSA PUSHES ISRAELI COMPUTER PRODUCT

United States MERGER MANIA IN ENCRYPTION TRADE

United Kingdom INTRANET SECURITY DEEMED UNSAFE

United States HOW NIST AND NSA POOL THEIR EFFORTS

United States NSA TAKES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

United States CROWELL LANDS AT CYLINK CORP

Sweden AUTHORITIES FIND LOTUS "FLAW"

United States PLUGGING HOLES IN INFORMATION SECURITY

United States WILLIAM CROWELL

United States ARMY UNDER NETSCAPE COLORS

Spotlight | Europe, United States STANDARDS A WEAPON IN INFOWAR

United Kingdom, United States GETTING AROUND EXPORT CURB

Spotlight | United States CRYPTOGRAPHY'S LEAP INTO COMMERCIAL ARENA

United States PROTECTING SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS

United States SECURING DATA ON THE INTERNET

United States A "LOCKBOX" TO KEEP CODES

United States EASING THE GLOBAL RULES

United States FBI AND IRS LOBBY TOGETHER

United States SCRAMBLER FOR SENSITIVE MESSAGES

France A COMPUTER SPY UNMASKED

Spotlight | France, United States DAWN OF THE INFOWAR ERA

France, United States THE FEARLESS CODE BUSTERS

Spotlight | Russia, United States THE SCRAMBLE FOR RUSSIAN COMPUTER NETWORKS

United States WILL NAUTILUS SCUPPER CLIPPER CHIP?

Spotlight | Middle East, United States INTELLIGENCE BATTLE IN CYBERSPACE

United States NSA GUARDING A CLOSED MARKET?

United States MORE WOES FOR CLIPPER CHIP

United States DAILY ENCRYPTION "MARKET SURVEY"

Spotlight | United States CRYPTOGRAPHY BATTLE

United States NSA MANUAL "AVAILABLE"

United States CLIPPER MOVING IN OR OUT?

United States CIA OFFERS INSTEAD OF TAKES?

United States CLIPPER CHIP'S POOR START

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China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

Ukraine
Jamming wars

North Korea, Russia
Moscow and Pyongyang's budding 'romance'

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France
Information wars in the Caucasus

France
Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Spotlight | Europe
KEYS OF THE SECURITY KINGDOM

United States
CIVILIANS BUCKING CHANGE AT NSA

Spotlight | Europe, United States
THE PITFALLS OF MASS-PRODUCED ENCRYPTION

Spotlight | United States
IBM AND MICROSOFT, THEIR SECRET ALLIANCES

United States
FRESH APPROACH TO ENCRYPTION

United Kingdom
TAPPING INTO THE WEB

United States
ENCRYPTION EXPORTS TO BE LIBERALIZED?

United States
WORLD-WIDE INTERNET SECURITY SCHEME

Spotlight | Europe, United States
GSM CELLULAR PHONES INCREASINGLY UNRELIABLE

United States
NSA VOICES FEARS IN CRYPTOGRAPHY

United States
HOW THE NSA "WEAKENS" ALGORITHMS

United States
THE DRIVE FOR AGILE INTELLIGENCE

United States
NSA'S POST-COLD WAR PROFILE

United States
ANNUAL RSA CONFERENCE

Spotlight | Europe
WIDER BUGGING POWERS FOR AUTHORITIES?

United States
ENCRYPTION WITH A "PRIVATE DOORBELL"

France
SCSSI TO BE BEEFED UP?

United States
THE THREATS AND TRANSPARENCY GAME

Spotlight | Europe, United States
NEW PUSH FOR NETWORK SECURITY

United States
NSA PUSHES ISRAELI COMPUTER PRODUCT

United States
MERGER MANIA IN ENCRYPTION TRADE

United Kingdom
INTRANET SECURITY DEEMED UNSAFE

United States
HOW NIST AND NSA POOL THEIR EFFORTS

United States
NSA TAKES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

United States
CROWELL LANDS AT CYLINK CORP

Sweden
AUTHORITIES FIND LOTUS "FLAW"

United States
PLUGGING HOLES IN INFORMATION SECURITY

United States
WILLIAM CROWELL

United States
ARMY UNDER NETSCAPE COLORS

Spotlight | Europe, United States
STANDARDS A WEAPON IN INFOWAR

United Kingdom, United States
GETTING AROUND EXPORT CURB

Spotlight | United States
CRYPTOGRAPHY'S LEAP INTO COMMERCIAL ARENA

United States
PROTECTING SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS

United States
SECURING DATA ON THE INTERNET

United States
A "LOCKBOX" TO KEEP CODES

United States
EASING THE GLOBAL RULES

United States
FBI AND IRS LOBBY TOGETHER

United States
SCRAMBLER FOR SENSITIVE MESSAGES

France
A COMPUTER SPY UNMASKED

Spotlight | France, United States
DAWN OF THE INFOWAR ERA

France, United States
THE FEARLESS CODE BUSTERS

Spotlight | Russia, United States
THE SCRAMBLE FOR RUSSIAN COMPUTER NETWORKS

United States
WILL NAUTILUS SCUPPER CLIPPER CHIP?

Spotlight | Middle East, United States
INTELLIGENCE BATTLE IN CYBERSPACE

United States
NSA GUARDING A CLOSED MARKET?

United States
MORE WOES FOR CLIPPER CHIP

United States
DAILY ENCRYPTION "MARKET SURVEY"

Spotlight | United States
CRYPTOGRAPHY BATTLE

United States
NSA MANUAL "AVAILABLE"

United States
CLIPPER MOVING IN OR OUT?

United States
CIA OFFERS INSTEAD OF TAKES?

United States
CLIPPER CHIP'S POOR START