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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 […]

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 […]

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
Computer Security, National Security, Policy, Reform, Technology

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

August 31, 2021October 6, 2022 Mike 4 mins read

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

Computer Security, Information Security, Intelligence, Military, National Security, Policy, Reform, Security, Technology, Uncategorized

Five “cablegate” lessons that won’t be learned

December 15, 2010October 6, 2022 Mike 2 mins read

So-called “cablegate” and all related fall-out from the PFC Manning debacle have advocates on both sides of the security vs sharing debate up in arms, […]

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