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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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

From Solar Sunrise to Solar Winds: The Questionable Value of Two Decades of Cybersecurity Advice
Computer Security, Information Security, Security

From Solar Sunrise to Solar Winds: The Questionable Value of Two Decades of Cybersecurity Advice

March 8, 2021October 3, 2022 Mike 13 mins read

If everyone agrees on what we should do, why do we seem incapable of doing it? Alternately, if we are doing what we have been told to do, and have not reduced the risks we face, are we asking people to do the wrong things?

The Wolf Approaches
Computer Security, Information Security, Internet of Things, Security, Technology

The Wolf Approaches

February 9, 2021October 3, 2022 Mike 3 mins read

If cybersecurity had a doomsday clock, it just got closer to midnight. Thankfully, we’ve got a snooze button.

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.

C.R.E.A.M. IoT Edition
Computer Security, Internet of Things, Reform, Security, Technology

C.R.E.A.M. IoT Edition

August 3, 2017October 4, 2022 Mike 4 mins read

We can go round and round about what’s going to drive improvements in computer security writ large, but when you boil it down it’s really only about one of and/or two things: money and bodies.

Intelligence Agencies Are Not Here to Defend Your Enterprise
Computer Security, Defense, Information Security, Intelligence, National Security, Reform, Security, Technology

Intelligence Agencies Are Not Here to Defend Your Enterprise

August 19, 2016October 4, 2022 Mike 3 mins read

The way to reduce the chance that someone can crack your computer code is to write better code, and test it faster than the spooks can.

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