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Computer Security, Law Enforcement, News, Reform, Security, Technology, Terrorism

Explaining Computer Security Through the Lens of Boston

April 20, 2013April 23, 2021 Mike 3 mins read

An attempt to use current events to help make sense of computer security.

Defense, Intelligence, Military, Technology

How Many Holes in a Gohor Stick?

August 1, 2012April 23, 2021 Mike 3 mins read

This isn’t about .com vs .gov, it’s about lives.

Computer Security, News, Security, Technology

Business Does Not Care About Your Chinese Cyber Problem

February 29, 2012October 18, 2020 Mike 5 mins read

Companies that suffer the fate of Ellery and Nortel are notable because they are rare.

Computer Security, Reform, Security, Technology

We Are Our Own Worst Enemy

December 1, 2011October 18, 2020 Mike 1 min read

My latest op-ed in SC Magazine: It is tough being in cybersecurity. Defense is a cost center, and it’s hard to find meaningful metrics to […]

Computer Security, Information Security, Intelligence, National Security, News, Security, Technology

Dust off Khrushchev while we’re at it

June 15, 2011October 18, 2020 Mike 2 mins read

“Cyber” is pretty much the closest thing to a perfect weapon anyone has seen in history.

News, Reform, Security, Technology

The Importance of Being There

May 30, 2011October 18, 2020 Mike 2 mins read

If you’re not there, you don’t own it.

Computer Security, Information Security, Reform, Technology

Killing Trees for Cyberspace

May 19, 2011October 18, 2020 Mike 4 mins read

Where I stick my wet pinky finger in Bob Gourley’s ear.

Computer Security, Information Security, National Security, Reform, Security, Technology

Turn Away from the (Fulda) Gap

February 28, 2010October 18, 2020 Mike 7 mins read

For solutions to the info war, ignore calls to revisit the cold one

Technology

Avoiding a Kluster ****

February 27, 2008October 20, 2020 Mike 1 min read

National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs), are supposed to be a collaborative effort of every agency (in reality, every agency with a dog in that particular fight). […]

Technology

Spooks in the Machine

February 6, 2008October 19, 2020 Mike 1 min read

I was called a philistine and worse for suggesting that virtual worlds like Second Life were anything but digital paradises where people were able to […]

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