Brazil, Argentina team up for joint cyber-defence mechanism
RIO DE JANEIRO, September 16, 2013
Updated: September 16, 2013 03:28 IST
Brazil, Argentina team up for joint cyber-defence mechanism
Shobhan Saxena
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There are signs of a strong backlash from South American countries against the surveillance of their e-mails, phone calls and other communications by U.S. National Security Agency (NSA).
With Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s state visit to U.S. hanging fire amid reports of NSA spying on her and millions of Brazilian citizens, South America has started working on joint cyber defence plans to protect data and privacy.
In a far-reaching step on Saturday, Brazil and Argentina decided to join hands to improve their cyber defence capabilities in the light of revelations about NSA snooping. “We need to reflect on how we cooperate to face these new forms of attack,” said Brazil’s Defence Minister Celso Amorim in Buenos Aires, after his meeting with top Argentinean leaders.
Earlier on Friday, Defence Ministers of both the countries signed a military cooperation agreement under which Brazil would provide cyber defence training to Argentine officers starting in 2014. The two South American countries, said Mr. Amorim, would soon start sharing information for joint projects in of cyber defence. The two have important software industries that could support those initiatives, he added.
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