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To combat Chinese cyber threats, the US must spearhead a new Indo-Pacific intelligence coalition

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To combat Chinese cyber threats, the US must spearhead a new Indo-Pacific intelligence coalition

When the highest-ranking US law enforcement official describes a concern as “the defining threat of our generation,” it should be taken seriously. On January 31, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before Congress about China’s capability to threaten US national and economic security. In particular, he identified the imminent cyber threat that Chinese hackers pose to critical infrastructure. A China-sponsored cyber group called “Volt Typhoon,” Wray explained, has prepositioned cyberattack capabilities in the US communications, energy, transportation, and water sectors intended to “destroy or degrade the civilian critical infrastructure that keeps us safe and prosperous.” Alarming in its own right, Volt Typhoon is just the latest example of Beijing’s ongoing “cyber onslaught,” Wray added.

This story is not new. Since at least 2019, the US government has publicly sounded the alarm about the threat that China’s cyberattack and espionage enterprise poses to US national security and to regional stability in East Asia. The 2023 annual threat assessment by the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) states that China “uses coordinated, whole-of-government tools to demonstrate strength and compel neighbors to acquiesce to its preferences.” The assessment adds that China’s cyber capabilities are essential for orchestrating espionage, malign influence, and attack operations in support of Chinese interests.

To confront the threat to critical infrastructure posed by Volt Typhoon and other state-sponsored Chinese cyber actors, the United States should launch an expansive new multilateral cyber threat intelligence sharing coalition in the Indo-Pacific. This coalition should utilize some of the lessons learned from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, and it would incorporate members of the Five Eyes alliance, US Indo-Pacific partners, and even some European states. The expanded reach and resources of such a coalition would help disrupt cyber threats, signal to the world that the United States and its partners are committed to protecting both cyber and physical…

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Coalition targets being core market player with broker only UK cyber insurance launch

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The business revealed yesterday that it was entering the UK market in a partnership with Allianz. The arrangement also sees Allianz take a share of Coalition’s US cyber book.

The UK launch is scheduled for September.

Motta declined to put an “arbitrary premium figure” forward saying it was aiming at “getting as many customers” and “capturing” as much market share in the UK as it can.

The expansion marks Coalition’s first move outside of the US and Canada. Formed in 2017 it launched 1 January

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Security organisations form Nonprofit Cyber coalition

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A group of implementation-focused cyber nonprofits – including the likes of the Center for Internet Security, Crest International, and the Fido Alliance – have joined forces to create an umbrella coalition that will work to develop, share, deploy and increase awareness of security best practice, tools, standards and services.

Formed in the US, but globally relevant, the Nonprofit Cyber coalition is envisioned as a “collaboration of equals” and will initially focus on two priorities – building awareness of cyber nonprofits, and aligning the work of its 22 founding members, all of which must hold nonprofit status under US law or their home country equivalents.

The founding members are: the Anti-Phishing Working Group, the Center for Internet Security, the Center for Threat-Informed Defense, the Cloud Security Alliance, Consumer Reports, Crest International, the Cyber Defence Alliance, the CyberPeace Institute, the Cyber Readiness Institute, the Cyber Threat Alliance, the Cybercrime Support Network, the CyberGreen Institute, the Fido Alliance, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams, the Global Cyber Alliance, the National Cyber Forensics and Training Alliance, the National Cybersecurity Alliance, the Open Web Application Security Project, SAFECode, the Shadowserver Foundation, #ShareTheMicInCyber, and Sightline Security.

The group is also welcoming applications for new members, focusing only on those that work to implement security best practice and solutions at scale, and not lobbying, policy development or advocacy groups, nor industry bodies.

Philip Reitinger, CEO of the Global Cyber Alliance (GCA) and newly elected co-chair of the coalition, said: “A large number of nonprofits that focus on cyber security implementation are working within their own areas of action toward the joint goal of improving cyber security, but the lack of coordination and communication among them can lead to inefficiency and duplication of effort.

“Better communication and collaboration among these groups will enable programmatic and opportunistic action to improve cyber security.”

Tony Sager, Center for Internet Security vice-president and chief evangelist, and the…

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Raab calls for international cybersecurity coalition

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Britain yesterday hit out at countries including Russia, China, Iran and North Korea over cyberattacks, calling for a global effort to counter online threats.
Foreign Minister Dominic Raab said an international coalition was needed to strengthen cybersecurity against state actors and criminals seeking to subvert democratic norms.
Authoritarian states were “bending the principles to meet their own malicious ends”, he told an online conference organised by Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).
“These actors are the industrial-scale vandals of the 21st century. They want to undermine the very foundations of our democracy,” he added.
Raab said there was a “clash of values” between countries wanting to protect “open societies” and others pushing an “authoritarian international system”. It follows on from a call last week by foreign ministers of the G7 which Britain currently heads for a more joined-up approach to tackle global threats, including in cyberspace.
In Britain, Russia in particular has been accused of meddling in the 2019 general election and the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. Russia-based actors have also been blamed for attempts to steal vital coronavirus research from British, US and Canadian labs.
British lawmakers last year lambasted the government for failing to investigate potential Russian interference in British politics, including the 2016 Brexit referendum.
A long-awaited defence review in March proposed greater investment in Britain’s cyber warfare capabilities.
Raab said: “When states like Russia have criminals and gangs operating from their territory, they have a responsibility to prosecute those gangs, not to shelter them.
“We use our capabilities because they are necessary to defend our citizens and safeguard international collaboration – our adversaries use their power to steal, sabotage and ransack the international system.”
Britain’s NCSC dealt with 723 major incidents – the highest figure since its formation five years ago – and stopped 700,000 online scams in the past year, Raab added.
London has banned Chinese telecoms giant Huawei from involvement in the roll-out of the country’s superfast 5G broadband…

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