Brussels: A Vulnerability Exploited
It is an horrific attack and the death toll is still mounting. As always with terrorist attacks, the damage is not just the terrible loss […] More
Counterterrorism
The Future of Homegrown Terrorism
As the calendar turns to 2016, homegrown terrorists seeking to carry out violent jihadi attacks continue to headline the most critical threats to U.S. security. […] More
The Evolution of the Threat
The New York Police Department arguably has the most advanced intelligence and counterterrorism operations of any other U.S. municipality. As the Former Director of Intelligence […] More
The Changing Profile of Homegrown Terrorists
The shift in the radicalization landscape in 2015, especially the ever-changing profile of the “homegrown terrorist,” has become one of the greatest concerns of those […] More
Protecting the Homeland
Some have argued that since the jihadist attack in Paris on November 13th, killing 130, and the December 2nd attack in San Bernardino, California, which […] More
The Paris Attacks
Intelligence failure: those are two words we often hear following a devastating terrorist attack such as what we saw this weekend in Paris. Almost by […] More
A Malignant Cancer
The Cipher Brief spoke with Rob Richer, CIA’s former Associate Deputy Director for Operations, about the terrorist attacks in Paris. Richer spoke about the importance […] More
A Shift in Strategy
The Paris attacks last Friday demonstrated ISIS ability to strike in the heart of Western Europe. Kevin Hulbert, a former senior intelligence officer in the […] More
The Impact of Leaks
The Cipher Brief sat down with General Keith Alexander, former Director of the National Security Agency. Alexander discussed the Paris attacks, the impact of the […] More
Just the Beginning
Over the course of the last 18 months, since ISIS burst on to the scene with its dramatic regional tactical advances, capturing Mosul in Iraq […] More
Time to Wake Up
ISIS is part of the multi-generational struggle against radical Islam which will likely dominate the first half of the 21st century similar to the fight […] More
Protecting Your City
Former New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was preparing for his new post-NYPD role as Vice Chair at K2 Intelligence in New York when […] More
ISIS on the March
Conventional wisdom among Western officials indicated ISIS was primarily interested in gaining territory for its caliphate or Islamic state. Big bold attacks against Western targets […] 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
Countering Online Extremists Requires Offline Intervention
Seemingly a typical teen living in the Virginia suburbs of the nation’s capital, Ali Shukri Amin, 17, led a different life online as curator of a pro-ISIS […] More