Security News > 2010 > December > SAS man to take charge of cyber-warfare defences
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/sas-man-to-take-charge-of-cyberwarfare-defences-2164842.html By Kim Sengupta independent.co.uk 20 December 20 A former chief of the SAS has been appointed to head the military's cyber-warfare operations amid rising concern about the risk of attacks on official websites endangering Britain's defences. Major General Jonathan Shaw will lead a unit combating internet assaults on vital strategic installations, including nuclear facilities and communications networks, The Independent has learnt. The Strategic Defence and Security Review identified cyber-warfare as "tier one" in a league table of threats facing the UK. Last week Sir Peter Ricketts, the National Security Advisor, asked government departments to take precautions over hackers promising revenge attacks over the WikiLeaks affair. The director of GCHQ, Iain Lobban, has stated that cyber warfare, some orchestrated by foreign governments, is one of the biggest challenges faced by the intelligence services. But it is the WikiLeaks threats which have become the most pressing in the field, according to Whitehall sources. "Hacktivist" supporters of the website have hit companies that withdrew services from WikiLeaks such as Visa, Mastercard and PayPal. Some supporters of WikiLeaks blame the UK for what they see as complicity in a campaign against its founder, Julian Assange. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/