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Buyer Beware

Last week, The Cipher Brief sat down with Jaime Suchlicki, the Director of the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at the University of Miami, […] More

Anything But Normal

Last week, The Cipher Brief sat down with Kirby Jones, the President of Alamar Associates, a company that has consulted on trade and business with […] More

Black Hat 2015: The Cipher Brief’s Top Picks

It’s Day 3 of Black Hat 2015, a major conference for cybersecurity professionals.  With over 9,000 attendees expected, the conference addresses major issues facing top information security […] More

Welcome to The Dead Drop

Got a secret, can you keep it?  “Dead drop” – Noun.  A location to secretly pass information without a face-to-face meeting. Access all of The […] More

Lifting the UN Weapons Embargoes

As part of the Iran deal, international sanctions prohibiting Iran from purchasing and selling conventional arms and ballistic missile systems will be lifted in the […] More

Leveraging Social Media

Social media offers valuable information that can improve day-to-day operations and strategic planning for businesses and governments.  The ease of accessing social media, however, belies […] More

Wahishi’s Death

Al-Qa’ida’s number two, Nasir Wahishi, is believed to have died in a drone strike in southern Yemen last month. He ran one of the most […] More

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