Tech/Cyber

The Cipher Brief spoke with Nate Cardozo, a lawyer for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), about the debate over security and privacy as it relates […] More

“Are we so mistrustful of government—and of law enforcement—that we are willing to let bad guys walk away…willing to leave victims in search of justice?” […] More

According to press reports, the White House has considered and rejected four options to address the so-called “going dark” problem where the growing ubiquity of […] More

Mike Rogers is a former Congressman who served as the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. In a discussion with The Cipher […] More

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency may be the most massive intelligence organization you’ve never heard of.  While rarely making headlines, NGA is the lead federal agency […] More

Sue Gordon’s mission to help forge the future of The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is no small task.   Consider that she leads a team of […] More

Q&A with Walter Scott, Founder of DigitalGlobe One of the major commercial satellite companies is DigitalGlobe.   The Cipher Brief sat down with its founder, Walter […] More

Q&A with NGA Director Robert Cardillo on “Succeeding in the Open” The Cipher Brief sat down recently with NGA Director Robert Cardillo to ask about […] More

There may be water on Mars, but there’s definitely liquor in orbit. Over the last couple of years, there have been a number of people […] More

Heroes in war movies rally the troops by pronouncing: failure is not an option. Heroes at the forefront of cybersecurity know better: failure is practically […] More

Josh Lefkowitz is the CEO of Flashpoint, a cyber threat intelligence firm that specializes in providing insights from the Deep and Dark Webs. Josh spoke […] More

Heroes in war movies rally the troops by pronouncing: failure is not an option. Heroes at the forefront of cybersecurity know better: failure is practically […] More

Our government should not want a backdoor to encrypted messages. The government says it wants to have a special set of keys to decrypt any […] More

It seems like drones are everywhere now. They started decades ago as a military tool, but today drones are very much a part of the […] More

The unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) industry is poised to be one of the fastest-growing in American history. During the first decade following UAS integration in […] More

Over the past decade, drones have been increasingly relied upon in a growing number of strategic theaters by the United States as well as by […] More

The Cipher Brief spoke with Sean McGowan and J. Tyler Black, both attorneys at Thompson Coburn LLP in Washington, DC, about the legal implications of […] More

Large-scale cyber attacks like those experienced by OPM, Sony, Anthem, and Target have intensified the ongoing criticism that the US government lacks a coherent cybersecurity […] More