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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >