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Outrage: Iran deal commits U.S. to teach them how to defeat a cyber attack


From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 11:03:52 +0000 (UTC)

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/07/outrage_iran_deal_commits_us_to_teach_them_how_to_defeat_a_cyber_attack_.html

By Thomas Lifson
American Thinker
July 22, 2015

Perhaps the very worst aspect of the Iran deal reached in Vienna is the commitment of the U.S. and European powers to teach the Iranians how to resist attacks such as Stuxnet. Although it has received very little media coverage (Adam Kredo of the Free Beacon is the notable exception), the agreement states (buried on page 142 of the 159-page deal, in Annex III, under Civil Nuclear Cooperation, Section D, under Nuclear Safety, Safeguards and Security, item 10):

  10. Nuclear Security

  E3/EU+3 parties, and possibly other states, as appropriate, are prepared
  to cooperate with Iran on the implementation of nuclear security
  guidelines and best practices. Co- operation in the following areas can
  be envisaged:

  10. Co-operation in the form of training courses and workshops to
  strengthen Iran's ability to prevent, protect and respond to nuclear
  security threats to nuclear facilities and systems as well as to enable
  effective and sustainable nuclear security and physical protection
  systems;

  10. Co-operation through training and workshops to strengthen Iran’s
  ability to protect against, and respond to nuclear security threats,
  including sabotage, as well as to enable effective and sustainable
  nuclear security and physical protection systems.

The language obviously s not limited to physical threats, so it must include advanced cyber warfare training. The Israelis are outraged. Ari Yasher of Israel National News writes:

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