Election Security is National Security
Rob Joyce is the Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity Strategy at the National Security Agency. He was also a key speaker at DEF CON 26, the […] More
Cyber Advisor
What CISOs Want
CEOs, CISOs’ CTO’s and other c-suites are meeting at SINET’s Global Cybersecurity Innovation Summit in London this week. Cipher Brief CEO & Publisher Suzanne Kelly, […] More
Ruminations on the Most Devastating Cyber Attack in History
A recent article titled, The Untold Story of NotPetya, The Most Devastating Cyberattack in History came out a few weeks ago and I’ve been ruminating on it […] More
NATO’s Advancement in Cyber
The 2018 NATO summit and the months leading up to it were a spectacle of diplomacy at its finest and at its worse. The media […] More
Measuring the Web of Cyber Information Sharing
Like the parable of the six blind men trying to learn what an elephant is by only touching one piece of the creature, regulators are […] More
The Cyber Horror Picture Show: Doing the Time Warp Yet Again
I remember doing the Time Warp Drinking those moments when The blackness would hit me And the void would be calling Let’s do the Time […] More
Don’t Underestimate Economic Side of Russia’s Cyber Warfare
Russia knows how to spread chaos and outrage in American politics, but Russia may pose a far greater threat to the U.S. economy and the […] More
The Argument for Mapping Cyber Response
The Trump administration has a dozen top cybersecurity priorities ranging from a new national cyber strategy to dealing with increasingly bold nation-state adversaries. One […] More
Virtualized Networking: A Case for CIOs
The massive data breach that occurred at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in 2015 was attributed, in part, to aging technology systems. In […] More
Memo to POTUS: Responding to Cyber Attacks and PPD-20
Mr. President, as you know the United States has faced cyber attacks of increasing frequency and viciousness from our adversaries. Your NSC is about to […] More
RIP Cyber Coordinator: An Obituary
Rest in peace, Cyber Coordinator. The White House’s Special Assistant to the President and Cyber Coordinator has now been eliminated, apparently ending (or more likely […] More
How to Run a Cyber War…Game
The Cipher Brief hosted its second annual threat conference at beautiful Cloister Resort on Sea Island, Ga., this month. While there, Dmitri Alperovitch and I […] More
CTIIC’s Role in Keeping America Safe in Cyber
One day last May, employees of Britain’s health service logged on to their computers to find a startling discovery: their data had been encrypted, rendering […] More
The Attacker Has the Advantage in Cyberspace. Can We Fix That?
It is not news that cyberspace is insecure. Attackers have had the advantage over defenders for not just years, but decades. Quotes from decades ago […] More
The ‘Greek Tragedy’ of Cyber Security: We Know How This Ends
Cyber events of the past two years—perpetrated by state actors in several notable cases, according to public statements by the U.S. and British governments— have […] More
Who’s In Control? Balance and Power of Cyber Partnership
Everyone loves public-private sector partnerships (PPPs). For over 20 years, these initiatives have been critical to a range of cybersecurity solutions. Perhaps 85 percent of […] More
Sanctions for NotPetya? You Betcha.
The White House deployed words to chide Russia for the NotPetya attack. On 15 February 2018, the White House Press Secretary released a blunt statement: […] More
US Cyber Command: “When faced with a bully…hit him harder.”
In Washington, there may be division and confusion about how to deal with Russian cyber-based interference. But 25 miles north, at Fort Meade, home of […] More