16 August 2011

CSTO to combat cyber crime | #cyberwar #infosec #hackers

The leaders of the CSTO countries (Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) have held an informal summit in Kazakhstan's capital of Astana to discuss the recent global challenges. The participants have concluded that the organization needs strengthening while experts believe that this may be done by implementing agreements reached at the forum. The CSTO'S Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha provided Moscow  reporters with more details.

First, the leaders mapped out initial steps to turn the CSTO into an efficient military and political structure. One of the priorities will be fighting against cyber crime, that is, preventing hacking attacks on government, financial, industrial and military web resources. Social media like Twitter and Facebook should be protected from disseminators of extremist ideas and riot organizers, such as those who masterminded recent unrest in North Africa.

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