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Cyber risks management
Art of war, leadership and cybersecurity (by François Gratiolet)
The strategy was first an Art of War before applying to business. The oldest text in this field is that of Sun Tzu (the Art of War), a Chinese general who lived 500 years BC. Some studies have shown that companies whose leaders adopt a military approach and language perform better than those who refuse to consider...
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Cybercrime
French-speaking Darkweb : myths and realities (Paul Barbaste, CEIS)
The Dark Web has been the subject of many articles and is giving rise to many fantasies. However, few people endeavor to draw a precise portrait. Most of the time, they simply list illegal goods sold on the black markets. This article aims to define it more precisely and draw up a panorama of the...
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Digital Transformation
The resurgence of bitcoin (by Eric Levy Bencheton)
Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, EOS, Stellar but also Noku, Oxycoin, BitDice…These names are synonymous with many different realities, but they all fall under the cryptocurrency category. For over a year, the media hype is real and we have all heard stories of new Bitcoin or Ethereum millionaires (even billionaires). Media speak of it as the new...
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FIC Tech
Investment in cybersecurity: an upturn?
The theme of the latest FIC Observatory Breakfast was “How to accelerate investment in cybersecurity”. An opportunity to carry out a cross-examination of the subject as seen by the sector’s investment funds and start-ups Investment in France’s digital sector rose sharply in 2017, with €1.5 billion in new funds raised. While the number of companies involved was...
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Homeland security and Defense
Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge: Join the Strategy Challenge ! (By Frédéric Douzet, Institut Français de Géopolitique, et Safa Shahwan, Atlantic Council)
The rapid and dramatic propagation of recent attacks such as WannaCry and NotPetya has emphasized the systemic risk our companies and societies are exposed to and the clear intrication of geopolitical and cyber risks. Online influence operations, propaganda and information manipulations have revealed the potential for destabilization of social networks. Cyber threats are mutlidimensional, multifaceted...
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Legal Issues
Is the Privacy Shield on borrowed time? (by General Marc Watin-Augouard)
On October 18th and 19th, the second annual Privacy Shield assessment will be held. The discussions will unfold in a clearly less favorable context than when the Privacy Shield was created. This is reflected in the European Parliament’s resolution dated July 5th 2018, which called upon the Commission to suspend the Data Protection Shield until...
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Operational security
CYBERSECURITY, AN ISSUE THAT MUST BE SHARED AT ALL LEVELS OF HIERARCHY
Interview with General (2S) Marc WATIN-AUGOUARD Cybersecurity goes hand in hand with cooperation, as per your approach: “no solution without public-private sector cooperation!” How do we plan for this collaboration? Can you illustrate this with a few examples? There is no fixed template. First and foremost, cooperation must meed a need, whether it is leading...
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Sector-based Approaches
Artificial Intelligence: A “Game Changer” for Cyber Defence (by Guillaume Tissier, CEIS)
Humans are unable to single-handedly deal with cyber attacks. This is the view shared by cybersecurity professionals. There are several reasons to this: the volume of attacks, their constant mutations, the speed of reaction they require, and the lack of expertise on the market. Artificial intelligence (AI), already widely used in fraud prevention, increasingly...
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