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The Future of Chadian Foreign Policy in an Age of Uncertainty

Since gaining its independence from France in 1960, there have rarely been so many open questions regarding Chad's role in the world. What is Chad's place in Africa, CEMAC or the African Union? What risks and opportunities exist for Chad in a conflict-ridden Africa? As foreign policy of any country is a reflection of its internal situation; many Chadians have high-arguably temperamental or unrealistic expectations of the economic boost that normalized relations will confer - heir initial optimism has been tempered as they wait for the international community to outline its next moves and endure an economic crisis brought on by years of corruption and poor governance. But the importance of the geostrategic location of Chad has led to attracting the interest of many countries, especially the developed ones.

: IDRISS ZACKARIA, CENTRAL AFRICAN CORRESPONDENT; International Security, Safety & Strategic Defence; Posted On Thursday, 08 November 2018 13:29

DigiCert works with its customers and partners to successfully move past Google’s distrust of Symantec TLS certificates

Recent Chrome 70 stable release marks final phase of Google Symantec root distrust, one year after DigiCert acquired Symantec Website Security

LEHI, Utah: DigiCert, Inc. has successfully executed a major transfer of online trust, marked by the recent stable release of Chrome 70 that signals the end of Google’s Symantec root distrust plan. In the year since acquiring Symantec’s Website Security and PKI businesses, DigiCert has managed a certificate replacement program leading to the wholesale exchange of Symantec CA infrastructure and replacing more than 5 million certificates.

: DAWN NICHOLLS; Industry News; Posted On Thursday, 08 November 2018 13:21

PerpetuityARC Training attains IQ Level 5 accreditation

HAMPSHIRE: PerpetuityARC Training has announced that its Advanced Investigation Techniques course has attained IQ Level 5 accreditation. The five-day classroom course provides security and HR professionals, general managers and people working in compliance and audit roles with the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct effective, legally compliant investigations.

: SIMON HEWITT; Industry News; Posted On Thursday, 08 November 2018 13:10

Security experts comments on discovery of new Stuxnet variant

Broderick Perelli-Harris, senior director of solution architecture at Venafi, has commented on the discovery of a new Stuxnet variant:

Mr Perrelli-Harris says: “The ‘new Stuxnet’ attack is the latest indicator of the cyber war that many governments are actively engaged in. The details are still patchy, but it seems that Israeli intelligence relied on an old attack blueprint here.