Amit Yoran7 days agoThe Days of Responsible Cybersecurity are Finally HereOPINION — The days of cyber negligence are numbered. While nobody can expect perfect cybersecurity, a vast supermajority of the painful...
The Cipher BriefMay 11The National Security Implications of New Rules of the Road for CyberEXPERT PERSPECTIVE — The Cyber Initiatives Group (powered by The Cipher Brief) filed national security-related comments in support of the...
Phil VenablesMar 28In Cyber: Resilience is about Capabilities, not PlansEXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Over the past 2 years, since I wrote the first version of this post, we’ve had a lot of opportunity to test our...
Chris Christou and Joseph BullMar 225G Security: Seeing Through the CloudsBy Chris Christou and Joseph Bull, Booz Allen Hamilton SPONSORED – U.S. government organizations racing to adopt 5G mobile technology...
Gentry LaneMar 9‘Shields Up’ is a Slogan, not a StrategySharing opinions is important. Opinion pieces represent the diverse views of The Cipher Brief audience and do not represent views of The...
Christopher Ahlberg and Geoff BrownFeb 26‘Watch’ or ‘Stand Against’ the Digital Machinery of Aggression in UkraineOPINION — The machinery of aggression moves across the land of the people of Ukraine to their capital. There should be no words to argue...
Sandra JoyceFeb 22The Ukraine Cyber Crisis: We Should Prepare but not PanicOPINION — As the situation in Ukraine unfolds, the prospect of serious cyberattacks has captured the attention of cyber intelligence...
Bill HarlowFeb 21How China is Reweaving Hollywood’s Red CarpetREVIEW — Much of the world is correctly focused these days on whether the Russian army is about to invade Ukraine and possibly seize Kyiv....
Brian FitzgeraldFeb 1What Does Intelligence Look Like in the Future?REVIEW – In Spies, Lies, and Algorithms, Amy Zegart offers a polished primer on US intelligence for the uninitiated while also posing...
Cynthia Saddy, Daniel Hoffman, General Joe Anderson (Ret.)Jan 23Want to Dominate in Cyber? Better Change your Policy.EXPERT PERSPECTIVE/OPINION — Following the early 2021 cyberattacks against Colonial Pipeline that led to widespread gas shortages on the...
Walter PincusJan 22A New Path to Cyber Conflict with RussiaOPINION — Last Thursday, in a little-noticed U.S. Treasury Department press release, the Biden administration accused Russia of currently...
James LawlerJan 12The Fascination of the AbominationREVIEW – “The horror! The horror!” murmured Joseph Conrad’s Kurtz as he dies in The Heart of Darkness. Those words and their...
Bill HarlowJan 4A CIA Story of Disruption and Overt SuccessREVIEW – There are a couple of surefire ways to annoy U.S. officials who worked on counterterrorism issues in the years shortly after...
Dr. Kristopher Hall and Matthew EdwardsDec 14, 20215G Security: It’s Zero Hour for Zero TrustPRIVATE SECTOR PERSPECTIVE — Fifth-generation (5G) mobile technology will completely transform global telecommunications networks....
Robert HanniganDec 12, 2021The Supply Chain is the Perfect Asymmetric TargetRobert Hannigan is a Principal Member of The Cyber Initiatives Group, powered by The Cipher Brief. EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Asked recently...
Terence CheckNov 29, 2021Exploring China’s High-Tech Penal ColonyREVIEW — I grew up in a household of second-generation Hungarian immigrants, and though I was born in the 1990s, and out of the immediate...
Daniel HoffmanOct 19, 2021A Deeper Understanding of Cyberspace in Peace and WarREVIEW — Cyberspace in Peace and War by Martin C. Libicki, delivers a comprehensive review and analysis of the threats in cyberspace as...
Christopher GallupAug 31, 2021Does the World Really End This Way?REVIEW – You may or may not know that zero-day exploits are used to take over, control, or destroy a target system. In her book, This is...
Corin StoneAug 22, 2021Artificial Intelligence in the IC: Culture is Critical(Editor’s Note: This article was first published by our friends at Just Security and is the second in a series that is diving into the...
Joseph DeTraniAug 8, 2021Arms Control for CyberOPINION — The Solar Winds cyber-attack in March 2020 that successfully targeted hundreds of U.S. Government agencies and private sector...