AI-Powered Adversaries are Gearing Up to Undermine Elections
OPINION — Last December, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) declassified an Intelligence Community Assessment and a memorandum on how foreign adversaries […] More
Elections
Information Quality is a Democratic Necessity in the Age of AI
OPINION — Trust in institutions, to include government, media, financial institutions, and education continues to decline as noted in several recent public opinion polls. Given […] More
Warning Signs for How Generative AI Will Impact the Next Election
OPINION – As state and non-state actors aim to disrupt elections by any means available while still affording plausible deniability, one of the newest tools […] More
The Path to 2024’s Election Is Engulfed With Novel Threats
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — The former head of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) could scarcely be more clear in his evaluations of […] More
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Elections Protect a messy, but better Alternative
OPINION – On the eve of the US midterm elections, it is a good time to reflect on cyber threats to our political process, particularly […] More
Using Law to Confront Malign Foreign Influence
Peter Pascucci is a commander in the United States Navy and Kurt Sanger is a lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps. They have […] More
We Need An Insurrection Investigation
Walter Pincus is a contributing senior national security columnist for The Cipher Brief. He spent forty years at The Washington Post, writing on topics from […] More
America’s Allies Shocked by Storming of the Capitol
The Cipher Brief asked our experts to weigh in on how they saw Wednesday’s storming of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump protesters and how allies […] More
Special Report: Attack on Democracy
Here’s our take on the failed efforts of a pro-Trump mob to stop Congress from certifying ballots at the Capitol on Wednesday as Congress, led […] More
The Fallout from a Contentious Confirmation Battle
Walter Pincus is a contributing senior national security columnist for The Cipher Brief. He spent forty years at The Washington Post, writing on topics from […] More
What a Biden Administration Means for the World
The Cipher Brief is a non-political media outlet focused on publishing expert perspectives on national security issues. We are committed to presenting multiple opinions to […] More
The Danger of Political Spin
OPINION — Last week, President Trump attempted to use the mistaken discarding of nine military ballots two weeks ago by a just-hired contractor at Pennsylvania’s […] More
The Biggest Threat to US Elections
OPINION — President Trump and elements of his administration are publicly assessing that China poses a greater national security threat to the US election than […] More
Opinion: The U.S. Presidential Election and Doing our Part
With just a few months left until the U.S. presidential election, there are a long list of things that threaten the vote, from election meddling […] More
Preparing for Elections in the Midst of a Pandemic
OPINION – What’s happening today with COVID-19, from global healthcare systems under extreme stress to the far-reaching economic impact, will be felt for years to […] More
The Russian Obsession
OPINION — President Trump, this past week, has shown that he is just as serious today about undercutting the intelligence community’s January 6, 2017, conclusion […] More
How Will Investigations Into Russian Interference Move Forward?
OPINION — President Trump is actively trying to excise the criminal fallout from investigations into Moscow’s 2016 covert support for his presidential election and have […] More
Tom Bossert’s Plan to Hijack the Hack
Tom Bossert spends a lot of time thinking about hacking. The former Homeland Security Advisor to President Trump who also served as the country’s Chief […] More
Malicious Hacking Targets U.S. Political Organizations
Bottom Line Up Front: The success of Russia’s meddling in 2016 U.S. election ensures that Moscow will employ similar disinformation efforts as 2020 approaches. […] More