MikeIt was the cyberwar we were promised; it was the cyberwar nobody expected… The conflict in Ukraine has validated a number of assumptions cyberspace strategy […]
Category: Security
The Importance of Context
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
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.
This is How They Tell Me Cyber Peace is Achieved
It was revealed this week that Google had detected an online counterterrorism operation being carried out by a U.S.-allied government, and made the unilateral decision to […]
From Solar Sunrise to Solar Winds: The Questionable Value of Two Decades of Cybersecurity Advice
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
If cybersecurity had a doomsday clock, it just got closer to midnight. Thankfully, we’ve got a snooze button.
The Global Ungoverned Area
Looking at the Internet through Westphalian-tinted glasses is not going to make us safer or more secure.
Cyber War: The Fastest Way to Improve Cybersecurity?
It is still a struggle to get people and organizations to take cybersecurity seriously. A cyberspace-based conflict may be the most likely way for us to make progress.
What Cybersecurity and a Trip to the Dentist Have in Common
You have to attack the problem at the root, and that means blood, sweat, and tears.
No One is Too Small to Attack
The best advice is holistic in nature, not a pitch that plays to your professional strengths.