The Case for Synthesizing Electronic Warfare and Cyber
The two separate worlds of electronic warfare and cybersecurity are beginning to overlap, if not collide. In the U.S. military, electronic warfare and cyber capabilities […] More
Cyber Warfare
The Problem of Siloed Cyber Warriors
The isolation of cyber as an entirely independent domain of warfare is both inaccurate and dangerous. Today, the Pentagon faces an essential task, to integrate […] More
China Developing Cyber Capabilities to Disrupt U.S. Military Operations
China is a burgeoning great power. It is continually figuring out the various dimensions of power – not least of which is power in cyberspace […] More
The Baltics: Veterans of Russian Cyber Operations
European countries are becoming increasingly wary of foreign disinformation and subversion operations in their own internal politics following Russian interference in last year’s U.S. elections. […] More
Next Moves on the Cyber Chessboard
Where will Russian President Vladimir Putin strike next? With the 2018 Russian election around the corner, former Soviet states are nervous. Foreign adventures are the […] More
Russia Walks the Line Between War and Peace in the Baltics
Russian offensive cyber capabilities are as sophisticated as those of other major cyber powers, such as the United States and China, and they likely exceed […] More
Disentangling the NSA and Cyber Command
In 2013, former President Barack Obama was close to ending the “dual-hat” leadership of both the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, only to […] More
Keeping Cyber Command and NSA Integrated Operationally
There as been discussion of a separation between the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command for a while, only for the change in administrations […] More
Tallinn Manual 2.0: Stepping Out of the Fog in Cyberspace
Cyberspace is often portrayed as a new domain of international relations – a Wild West where there are no rules or guiding principles to govern […] More
A Reference for Cyber Operations
NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence last month published the Tallinn Manual 2.0 on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Operations, a follow-on project […] More
Existing International Law Applies Online and Offline
A group of international law experts met in Tallinn, Estonia, after the 2007 onslaught of cyber attacks against sites in the country, to create the […] More
Cyber Proxies: A Central Tenet of Russia’s Hybrid Warfare
Cyber operations remain at the forefront of confrontations between the West and Moscow as relations continue to deteriorate. Russia asserted itself in 2007 with “patriotic […] More
Crimicon Valley: Russia’s Cybercrime Underground
Understanding the Russian criminal underground is essential when discussing Russian proxies in cyberspace. How do cybercriminal entities interact with each other and what is their […] More
The Cyber-Intelligence Nexus: Russia’s Use of Proxies
What if network defenders knew that a cyber operation occurred during Moscow business hours, that it involved a Russian IP address, and that the cyber […] More
Cyber as a Facilitating Factor: Key Takeaways from RSA 2017
For many, cybersecurity is a technical problem and therefore requires technical solutions. But for policymakers and the national security community, a key takeaway from this […] More
Day 2: Dispatch from RSA Conference
If you missed our previous dispatch, I am attending the annual RSA Conference in San Francisco, a global event where private and public sectors come […] More
Day 1: Dispatch from RSA Conference
This week I’m attending the annual RSA Conference in San Francisco, where government and industry leaders have come together to discuss the looming challenges and […] More
Autonomous Hacking Bots: Menace or Savior?
We live in an age where what used to be the figment of science fiction is now a reality, changing the way people go about […] More