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A**, Gas, or Grass: Nobody Works for Free
Computer Security, Defense, Homeland Security, Information Security, National Security, Policy, Reform

A**, Gas, or Grass: Nobody Works for Free

March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 Mike 4 mins read

Absent some original thinking on the issue, I think we’ve reached the ‘acceptance’ stage of the Kubler-Ross model of cybersecurity staffing in the federal government.

The Missing Piece of the National Cybersecurity Strategy
National Security, Policy, Reform

The Missing Piece of the National Cybersecurity Strategy

March 6, 2023March 24, 2023 Mike 4 mins read

A good strategy has three major components: a description of the goals you are trying to achieve, an explanation of how you are going to […]

We Build What We Value
Computer Security, Industry, Policy, Reform

We Build What We Value

February 10, 2023February 9, 2023 Mike 9 mins read

There have been multiple posts and articles over the past few weeks that have focused on the need to imbue security into the things we […]

AI & INFOSEC: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (maybe)
Computer Security, Industry

AI & INFOSEC: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (maybe)

February 5, 2023February 6, 2023 Mike 4 mins read

If you’ve never played around with ChatGPT, go ahead a fiddle around a bit and then come back. I’ll wait. Cool right?! People have used […]

Computer Security, Reform

Change Up to Level Up

October 5, 2022October 26, 2022 Mike 3 mins read

I’ve made my thoughts on the value of cybersecurity awareness month pretty clear. Cybersecurity doesn’t actually improve come 1 November. Cybersecurity awareness month has become […]

If You Want Better Cyber Policy, Put More Nerds in Charge
Computer Security, Conflict, Information Security, Policy, Reform, Security, Technology

If You Want Better Cyber Policy, Put More Nerds in Charge

July 22, 2022October 4, 2022 Mike 3 mins read

The decades-long effort to develop solutions to cyber insecurity has been led by the usual suspects drawn from the policy and legal community. That’s not […]

Dear Air Force: Aim Higher
Computer Security, Defense, Reform

Dear Air Force: Aim Higher

April 28, 2022October 4, 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 […]

Cybersecurity 2030
Computer Security, Reform

Cybersecurity 2030

April 18, 2022October 4, 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, 2022October 3, 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 […]

The Importance of Context
Computer Security, Information Security, Security, Technology

The Importance of Context

February 14, 2022October 4, 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, […]

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