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Computer Security, Reform

Cybersecurity 2030

April 18, 2022April 18, 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 […]

Computer Security, Law Enforcement, Security

Speed and Scale

November 11, 2021 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.

Computer Security, National Security

Buccaneer.com 2.0

October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 Mike 14 mins read

Fifteen years ago, parallels between the age of piracy and the state of cyber-insecurity illustrated how we might combat malicious online activity by leveraging private […]

Computer Security, Intelligence, Security, Technology

You Were Promised Neither Security Nor Privacy

March 14, 2014February 21, 2020 Mike 6 mins read

You can still live your life without using TCP/IP or HTTP, you just don’t want to.

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.

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

Preparing for the “Wake Up Call”

November 29, 2006July 1, 2015 Mike 1 min read

Despite the emphasis placed on IT security in recent years, federal agencies are not testing their security controls with any consistency or timeliness, and as […]

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