Implications for the Middle East
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
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Synergy with Silicon Valley
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
An Absurd Argument
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
Going Dark
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
Public Policy Tradeoff
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
Protecting Your Business
Heroes in war movies rally the troops by pronouncing: failure is not an option. Heroes at the forefront of cybersecurity know better: failure is practically […] More
Post-Incident Response
The ability of a business to respond with speed and agility after the discovery of a significant cyberattack is critical to its overall recovery and […] More
Threat Intelligence Capability
Josh Lefkowitz is the CEO of Flashpoint, a cyber threat intelligence firm that specializes in providing insights from the Deep and Dark Webs. Josh spoke […] More
Speed & Network Visibility
Heroes in war movies rally the troops by pronouncing: failure is not an option. Heroes at the forefront of cybersecurity know better: failure is practically […] More
The Encryption Debate
Our government should not want a backdoor to encrypted messages. The government says it wants to have a special set of keys to decrypt any […] More
Can Congress Solve the Cybersecurity Problem?
Large-scale cyber attacks like those experienced by OPM, Sony, Anthem, and Target have intensified the ongoing criticism that the US government lacks a coherent cybersecurity […] More
Not the Answer
The Senate is expected to consider the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) (S. 754) soon. Information sharing legislation that would fill gaps in existing law […] More
A Necessary First Step
It’s impossible to overstate the threat of cyber attacks to our economy and our national security. McAfee and the Center for Strategic and International Studies […] More
The New Battlefield
It helps in thinking about the future of cyber war if we break it into two parts: the future of cyber and the future of […] More
Investing in Your Own Defense
The Cipher Brief spoke with Rob Knake, the former Director for Cyber Security Policy at the National Security Council (2011-2015), about the future of cyber […] More
Towards a Clear Deterrence Strategy
The Cipher spoke with Frank Cilluffo, who runs George Washington University’s Center for Cyber and Homeland Security, to discuss the U.S. government’s cyber security posture. […] More
Creating a Culture of Cyber Security
The Cipher Brief spoke with Dr. Paulo Shakarian, the author of Introduction to Cyber-Warfare, about the future of cyber war. Dr. Shakarain runs Arizona State […] More
How DHS Can Help
The Cipher Brief sat down with Suzanne Spaulding, the Department of Homeland Security’s Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate. She shared her […] More