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Category: Reform

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 […]

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 […]

Speed and Scale
Computer Security, Industry, Information Security, Law Enforcement, Reform, Security

Speed and Scale

November 11, 2021October 4, 2022 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.

End Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Computer Security, Information Security, Reform, Security

End Cybersecurity Awareness Month

November 1, 2021October 4, 2022 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 […]

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.

Ransomware: The Present We Deserve?
Computer Security, Industry, Information Security, Reform

Ransomware: The Present We Deserve?

June 20, 2021October 4, 2022 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 […]

The Global Ungoverned Area
Computer Security, Defense, Information Operations, Intelligence, National Security, Reform, Security, Technology

The Global Ungoverned Area

March 2, 2018October 3, 2022 Mike 5 mins read

Looking at the Internet through Westphalian-tinted glasses is not going to make us safer or more secure.

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