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Barbados will create a laboratory to fight cybercrime, a growing problem in the Caribbean nation. The lab will assist police in preventing credit card cloning and other offenses. Barbados is creating a laboratory to fight cyber crime, such as credit card cloning and other offenses - growing problems in the Caribbean country. It will be a cooperative effort between the…
Brazil’s Strategic Project Protect aims at assuring the security of the country’s hydroelectric plants, energy delivery networks, refineries, airport and the sea. The Strategic Project Proteger [Protect] , an initiative launched by the Brazilian Army in 2012, guards the country's hydroelectricity, energy delivery networks, refineries, airports, and sea facilities, all of which are essential to the country's development and economic…
LAAD Defence & Security's 10th Edition attracted close to 30,000 people to the pavillions within Riocentro, in western Rio de Janeiro. Workshops and seminars about topics ranging from military logistics, electronic warfare, and the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - better known as drones - took place during the four-day exhibit, the largest and most important defense and security trade…
For three days, Armed Forces, Public Security, private industry, and academic information technology and cybersecurity professionals from 18 partner nations in the Americas came together in a United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)-sponsored workshop on Command, Control, Communications, Computer Systems (PNC4S), and Cyber Security. “Cyber defense often fails if it’s based on concepts from last century’s battles.” That phrase, from the…
In 2011, the Brazilian Army created the Strategic Cyber Defense Project. The initiative coordinates the actions to protect the country’s virtual structures. In 2011, hackers conducted the first successful attack on Brazilian Army computers. They didn’t manage to compromise strategic information during the attack, but they copied names and personal data of service members. The criminals also demonstrated that they…
LAAD Defense & Security 2015, the largest and most important international defense and security expo in Latin America, boasts over 700 exhibitors from at least 70 countries and extends across three pavilions in Riocentro, Rio de Janeiro, from April 14 to 17. In its 10th edition, LAAD Defense & Security brings together more than 70 delegations to Latin America’s primary…
On March 20, Companhia Brasileira de Cartuchos (CBC) delivered the 30x173mm ammunition that will be used in the 6x6 VBTP-MR Guarani armored vehicles. Brazil's Army Project Office (EPEx), created in 2012, evaluates, proposes, coordinates, and integrates efforts to realization the Army’s large-scale, technologically and financially complex strategic projects. So far those projects have included Guarani, Cyber Defense, Air Defense, Proteger,…
The Defense Minister of Uruguay is preparing to strengthen the country against cyber attacks by creating the National Computer Security Incident Response Center (CERTUY). The Defense Minister of Uruguay is preparing to strengthen the country against cyber attacks by creating the National Computer Security Incident Response Center (CERTUY). The center aims to protect everything from databases to the country’s satellites.…
The Brazilian Armed Forces deploy Troops and technology to protect the country's borders and its cyberspace With a combination of well-trained Troops and advanced technology, the Brazilian Armed Forces is prepared to to defend the country along its borders and in cyberspace. For example, the Integrated Border Monitoring System (SISFRON) is designed to monitor incidents along the country's 17,000 kilometers…
With the goal of exchanging knowledge, representatives Joint Staff of the Peruvian Armed Forces, the Peruvian Secretariat of Security and National Defense, along with the Peruvian Armed Forces Telematics and Intelligence bureaus, met with authorities from the United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) at the Second Discussion Meeting on Cyberdefense and Cybersecurity January 20-22 at the headquarters of the Peruvian Joint…
Under the auspices of DARPA’s Integrity and Reliability of Integrated Circuits program, researchers from the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) are collaborating in powerful new ways to determine the reliability and integrity of microchips embedded in some of the nation’s most critical military weapon and cyber systems. Under the auspices of DARPA’s Integrity and…
U.S. Army South coordinated a visit for a Chilean army intelligence delegation to visit Fort Hood, Texas, July 28 – Aug. 8 during a military intelligence professional development exchange in combat intelligence operations at the tactical and operational level. The purpose of the visit was to strengthen doctrine and operational capabilities, enhance interoperability between the United States and Chile, encourage…
