Cyber warfare center prepared in 2011

Cyber Warfare

Increasing attention to the threat of cyberspace makes the German government decided to open a national center of cyber warfare. "Cyber-National Defense Center" which, according to a spokesman for the German Interior Ministry, will open next year.

According to statistics, in 2009, the German government noted that there were about 900 attacks on their computer systems. This year, the increase in numbers. In the first half alone, there are up to 1600 attack.

As quoted from CBS News, Thursday, December 30, 2010, the main purpose of the center of a national cyber infrastructure to protect the Internet from foreign attack countries whose numbers continue to rise. The Government indicated, higher number because many of the attacks, which mostly come from China, are not reported.

It is not clear whether the impact of the invasion of Chinese hackers who have political motives, or attacks from other countries who use computers from China, which were broken. One thing is for sure, central China international concern about cyber threats.

Before Germany, the UK has developed a cyber defense. Disebu System Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC) is in the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), Britain, in Cheltenham, about 160 kilometers northwest of London.

Other countries are planning to build a fleet of cyber is India. Earlier this year, the Indian government said that a number of attacks have come into their infrastructure. Once tracked, the attack came from China and Pakistan.

Source : http://www.cbsnews.com/