Even as the global economic crisis consumes President Obama’s attention — and the nation’s resources — he still must focus on the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and the situation in Pakistan. The new Brookings Institution Press book Budgeting for Hard Power: Defense and Security Spending Under Barack Obama (June 2009) analyzes the competing demands [...]
Study Finds Fossil Fuels & National Grid Threaten Military, Economic, Climate Security Identifies Critical Opportunities for DoD Leadership & Innovation America’s energy posture constitutes a serious and urgent threat to national security — militarily, diplomatically and economically, according to a blue-ribbon panel of top-ranking retired admirals and generals. In a report released today entitled “Powering [...]
Highlights include Attacking Backbone Technologies, Advanced SQL Injection and SAP Penetration Testing Black Hat, the world’s leading family of information security events, today announced that Black Hat Europe 2009 will showcase six new vulnerabilities and twelve new tools at this year’s event happening April 16-17 at the Moevenpick City Center in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Black [...]