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 | CYBER, COMMUNICATIONS, EW & TECHNOLOGY (C2ET) DIGEST - MARCH 2023 By Maj Gen PK Mallick, VSM (Retd)
With dreams of JADC2, Pentagon relaunches
AI-driven command & control experiments
The Pentagon kicked off a new Global Information
Dominance Experiment in high-speed data sharing.
The US military HQs aren’t nearly as high-tech
as people think they are, and that’s a problem the
Pentagon is eager to solve. Military and civilian
leaders from across all service branches, all eleven
combatant commands, technology vendors and
international allies participated in the ...Read more > | 25 Pages 1,009.81 KB |
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 | CYBER, COMMUNICATIONS, EW & TECHNOLOGY (C2ET) DIGEST - FEBRUARY 2023 By Maj Gen PK Mallick, VSM (Retd)
Delinea has published its 2022 State of Ransomware Report, finding that there’s been a sharp
decrease in the volume of ransomware attacks,
though the average ransom demand has gone up.
Despite the slowdown in attacks, the researchers
found that the average ransom demand has gone
up over the past year:
“It’s important to note that while the volume of
attacks appears to be decreasing, the average ransomware payment is increasing. The payments
in cases worked by Unit 42 incident ...Read more > | 15 Pages 658.52 KB |
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 | U.S NATIONAL DEFENSE STRATEGY – 2022: OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLE? By Maj Gen PK Mallick, VSM (Retd)
On October 27, 2022, the US government published the unclassified version of the
National Defense Strategy (NDS), along with the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) and
Missile Defense Review (MDR) . It is a much-anticipated document which shows how the
Biden administration plans to counter threats from adversary nations at a time when war
and the threat of compound conflicts are escalating. The last NDS was published in early
2018 by the Trump ...Read more > | 6 Pages 767.12 KB |
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 | KILLING OF AL-ZAWAHIRI: U.S COUNTER-TERRORISM OPERATIONS, FUTURE OF AL QAEDA AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TALIBAN, PAKISTAN, OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AND INDIA By Maj Gen PK Mallick, VSM (Retd)
Al Qaeda emir Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed on a Sunday morning of July
31, 2022, on the balcony of his Kabul residence by a U.S. missile strike. It is
a critical event that has grave implications for the U.S. counter-terrorism
operations, Al Qaeda, the global jihadi movement, Pakistan, the Taliban,
the neighbouring countries of Afghanistan, Arab countries, India and ...Read more > | 118 Pages 2.97 MB |
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 | CYBER, COMMUNICATIONS, EW & TECHNOLOGY (C2ET) DIGEST - DECEMBER 2022 By Maj Gen PK Mallick, VSM (Retd)
Cyberattack on servers of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
There was a cyberattack on servers of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences
(AIIMS). The attack was discovered on November 23, 2022. The AIIMS management
stated that a ransomware had “affected outpatient and inpatient digital hospital
services, including smart lab, billing, report generation, appointment scheduling”. This
has been denied by Delhi Police. Most of the systems, including online booking ...Read more > | 27 Pages 1.19 MB |
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 | DRAFT TELECOM BILL 2022: A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BUT CONCERNS REMAIN By Maj Gen PK Mallick, VSM (Retd)
India is set to overhaul its telecommunication regulatory framework.
The Ministry of Communications, Government of India, has released
a 40-page draft of the Indian Telecommunication Bill, 2022, along
with an explanatory note for public comments. In the accompanying
explanatory note, the objectives are improving digital inclusion, growing
the telecommunications sector and creating a future-ready international
telecommunications ...Read more > | 26 Pages 551.70 KB |
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 | BOOK REVIEW : LT GEN JOHN RANJAN MUKHERJEE, ‘A SOLDIER FOR LIFE – MY STORY’, VIJ BOOKS INDIA PVT LTD, DELHI, 2021, PAGES 396, RS 995/-, ISBN: 978- 93-90917-72-3 By Maj Gen PK Mallick, VSM (Retd)
This is a story of the experience of one of the most illustrious General Officers of the Indian Army of
recent time: the experiences in the Assam Regiment, India-Pakistan 1971 War, India’s North East, Jammu
& Kashmir and India’s Tibet Border. The author has written the book encompassing his life experiences
based on 44 years in uniform in a profession that he “enjoyed, loved and sometimes found ...Read more > | 5 Pages 252.44 KB |
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 | MILITARY CIVIL FUSION IN CHINA By Maj Gen PK Mallick, VSM (Retd)
Military-Civil Fusion (MCF) is an aggressive national strategy of the Chinese Communist Party (CCI) pursues its MCF Development Strategy to fuse its security, economic and social development strategy integrated national strategic system and capabilities. The Party’s leaders see MCF as a vital element of th
China to become a “great modern socialist country” which includes developing a “world-class” most
advanced military and becoming a world leader in science and technology (S&T). To ...Read more > | 7 Pages 702.17 KB |
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 | CHINA S CYBER ESPIONAGE OPERATIONS By Maj Gen PK Mallick, VSM (Retd)
In the Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community
published on February 7, 2022, it is stated that "We assess that China
presents the broadest, most active and persistent cyber-espionage threat to
U.S. Government and private sector networks. China s cyber-espionage
operations have included compromising telecommunications firms, providers
of managed services and broadly used software, and other targets potentially
rich in follow-on opportunities for intelligence ...Read more > | 27 Pages 1.19 MB |
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 | DECODING RUSSIA’S ‘MISSING’ CYBERWAR AMID WAR IN UKRAINE By Maj Gen PK Mallick, VSM (Retd)
Predicting future war is difficult. It was envisaged that cyber operations would
take a very big lead in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Before Russia started
invasion in Ukraine on February 24, experts predicted cyber attacks to play a
crucial role in the conflict. Despite Russia’s strong cyber capabilities, however,
there has been relatively little visible action against Ukrainian systems via
cyberattacks. The Ukrainian Army’s command-and-control communications
systems is ...Read more > | 23 Pages 1.03 MB |
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.jpg) | INDIA’S OPTIONS AGAINST CHINA’S DEVELOPING CYBER CAPABILITIES By Maj Gen PK Mallick, VSM (Retd)
If countries go to war, cyber-attacks will be a
part of it. Cyber operations are a new way to
exercise national power. How countries will
use cyber operations is determined by their
existing strategies, larger interests, risk
tolerance, experience and institutions.
China is increasingly using cyber capabilities
including cyber espionage, attack and
influence to seek political, economic and
military advantage over its adversaries. Like
the internet, cyberspace and the ...Read more > | 23 Pages 716.29 KB |
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 | SWAMI VIVEKANANDA AND SISTER NIVEDITA: PIONEERS OF INDIAN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH By Maj Gen PK Mallick, VSM (Retd)
The contribution of Swami Vivekananda in nation-building is well
known. Vivekananda s idea was that a true exchange should take place
between India and the Western world, where the latter would learn from
Indian spirituality while India would benefit from the West s material
advancement. He emphasised the need to educate the women and the poor
of India.
What is generally not known is Swami Vivekananda s ideas about
education and scientific research. A visionary, he realised the ...Read more > | 31 Pages 2.83 MB |
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 | UKRAINE IS WINNING THE INFORMATION WAR AGAINST RUSSIA ON SOCIAL MEDIA: BUT EXPERTS SAY IT IS FAR FROM OVER !! By Maj Gen PK Mallick, VSM (Retd)
In all military conflicts of the last decade,
especially in Estonia and Georgia involving
Russia, one thing has come out loud and
clear― Information Warfare will precede
conflict and it will continue during the conflict.
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine is no
exception.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has
been labelled as the first "TikTok War," with
photos and videos from soldiers and civilians
alike spreading and proliferating in real time.1
The war has become content, ...Read more > | 27 Pages 1.03 MB |
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 | RUSSIA UKRAINE CONUNDRUM By Maj Gen PK Mallick, VSM (Retd)
Ukraine has always played an important part in the global security
order. Today, it is in the middle of a renewed great-power rivalry
that may dominate international relations in the decades to follow.
Ukraine was a cornerstone of the erstwhile Soviet Union. It was the
second–most populous and powerful of the fifteen Soviet republics,
after Russia. Ukraine was home to much of the union’s agricultural
production, defence industries and military including the Black Sea
Fleet and ...Read more > | 76 Pages 3.97 MB |
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