Tech/Cyber

Despite the concerns of privacy advocates, the Senate has passed cybersecurity legislation, creating a process for the government and private industry to share information on […] More

The emerging world of ever-growing connectivity, cybersecurity, and cyber-threats has initiated an uncontrolled transformation in the balance of global superpowers. The old notion of power […] More

Ronen Nir is a General Partner at Carmel Ventures, a venture capital firm based in Israel. Prior to joining Carmel Ventures, he worked for several […] More

Rhea Siers is the Scholar In Residence at the George Washington University Center for Cyber and Homeland Security and the Director of the GW Cybersecurity […] More

Bear in mind, when considering the relationship between Silicon Valley and Israel, this is not Detroit versus Tokyo. It’s not that sort of nationalistic, zero-sum […] More

People are the weakest link in any cybersecurity system.  Conversations about the cyber issue typically focus on systems, the primary targets of hackers and cyber […] More

Information security has a problem; an awkward border that we have consistently failed to understand and protect. This constantly changing, infinitely variable border is known […] More

Mitch Silber is the Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, a global business advisory firm.  He spoke with the Cipher Brief about the threat posed […] More

Lillian Ablon is a cybersecurity researcher at the RAND Corporation. She spoke with The Cipher Brief about the threat posed by social engineering, and the […] More

The government is in a bind – it wants to stop criminals and terrorists, but it also wants to support strong encryption. Navigating this quandary […] More

The private sector perspective on encryption technology is critical to understanding the crux of the debate.  Amid news that Dell had agreed to buy RSA’s […] More

Michael Chertoff, the former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, sat down with The Cipher Brief to explain why he believes a secure communications […] More

When the Clinton Administration decontrolled encryption in the late 1990s after a long and acrimonious debate, it did so because it had decided that the […] More

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