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Computer Security, Law Enforcement, Policy

Opportunity Lost?

April 30, 2022April 18, 2022 Mike 3 mins read

When you advocate for cooperation and then act unilaterally, does that make future overtures more or less likely to resonate? WASHINGTON — The United States […]

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Dear Air Force: Aim Higher

April 28, 2022 Mike 2 mins read

I was in the Army, so if you think that’s disqualifier, you can hit your browser’s back button and move on. This week the Air […]

Computer Security, Reform

Cybersecurity 2030

April 18, 2022April 18, 2022 Mike 16 mins read

Discussions about cybersecurity overwhelmingly focus on the recent, which are our responses to the design and engineering decisions of the past. We are right to […]

Goodbye to All That
Conflict, Military, National Security, Security

Goodbye to All That

March 3, 2022April 8, 2022 Mike 4 mins read

It was the cyberwar we were promised; it was the cyberwar nobody expected… The conflict in Ukraine has validated a number of assumptions cyberspace strategy […]

Computer Security, Information Security, Security, Technology

The Importance of Context

February 14, 2022April 8, 2022 Mike 3 mins read

Last night during the Super Bowl, cryptocurrency company Coinbase ran an ad that featured a QR code bouncing around the screen. That’s it. No actors, […]

Computer Security, Law Enforcement, Security

Speed and Scale

November 11, 2021 Mike 3 mins read

There is no shortage of good ideas in cybersecurity, but what divides the best concepts from the best solutions is how quickly and widely they can be employed. Meaningful success demands you work at combat speed and on a global scale.

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End Cybersecurity Awareness Month

November 1, 2021October 6, 2021 Mike 3 mins read

Management guru Peter Drucker said, “what gets measured gets managed.” Which helps to explain why October – Cybersecurity Awareness Month – is such a bad […]

Computer Security, National Security

Buccaneer.com 2.0

October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 Mike 14 mins read

Fifteen years ago, parallels between the age of piracy and the state of cyber-insecurity illustrated how we might combat malicious online activity by leveraging private […]

National Security, Technology

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

August 31, 2021August 10, 2021 Mike 4 mins read

No regime that works for bugs, gas, or isotopes is going to work for code.

Computer Security

Ransomware: The Present We Deserve?

June 20, 2021August 10, 2021 Mike 9 mins read

The scourge of ransomware is the inevitable result of decades of schizophrenia about our relationship with information technology and security. Treating this problem like all […]

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