Leveraging Uncertainty for Strategic Cyber Deterrence
If the right to reasonable privacy is a nonnegotiable, weight-bearing pillar of democracy and omniscient surveillance is the hallmark of authoritarianism….is there an in between? […] More
Cyber Deterrence
The Case for Powerful, Intermittent Cyber Response
Walter Pincus is a contributing senior national security columnist for The Cipher Brief. He spent forty years at The Washington Post, writing on topics from […] More
Raising the Drawbridge with an “International Cyber Stability Board”
(Ed note: Follow co-author Dr. Catherine Lotrionte’s sessions at RSA this week: Nation States Behaving Badly: The Evolving Rules of the Game in Cyberspace March […] More
Outing Spooks: “Doxing” in the Cyber-Hack Era
Revealing the identities of intelligence officials – a practice known as doxing – could become more common among nation-states, directed in particular at the clandestine […] More
The Latest
How Deterrence Fundamentals Function in Cyberspace
Deterrence is based on the elements of denial (denying an adversary’s attempt to attack our interests) and punishment (inflicting unacceptable costs to the attacker in […] More
Cyber Deterrence Cannot Be One Size Fits All
The fallout of major cyber attacks and espionage campaigns increasingly shapes interactions between nations. The vulnerability of the United States to such digital intrusions will […] More
Cyber Deterrence Is Working – So Far
Beset by disruptive digital attacks, espionage, and cyber-enabled influence campaigns intended to sway public opinion, the United States and its allies are looking for ways […] More
Heading Off State-Sponsored Hacker Attacks
Time and time again companies, organizations, and government agencies have proven that they can’t completely secure their computer networks from hackers – particularly nation-states with […] More
Cyber Deterrence – Left of Virtual Boom
Disruptive and intrusive cyber activity pervades much of modern international relations. The trend towards the jockeying for global influence and geopolitical positioning through cyber means […] More