Ransomware Requires More than Piecemeal Federal Mandates
PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERT VIEW — Over the last eight years, the volume of successful ransomware attacks has reached pandemic levels. The U.S. Cyber Executive Order […] More
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Collective Defense Really Can Thwart Ransomware Attacks
OPINION — If cyber threats had a most wanted list, ransomware would be well within the top five, and headlines from the past few years […] More
Cyberattacks from Russia and the Targeting of US Businesses
Cipher Brief Expert Dan Hoffman is a former senior CIA Officer, three-time station chief and former senior executive Clandestine Services officer. He is currently a […] More
Arms Control for Cyber
Cipher Brief Expert Ambassador Joseph R. DeTrani was the former special envoy for negotiations with North Korea from 2003-2006 and was the former director of […] More
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
What the Pandemic Taught Me About Leadership
Jen Easterly is Head of Firm Resilience and the Fusion Resilience Center at Morgan Stanley. She is also the Biden Administration’s nominee to become the […] More
Cyber is the New Weapons System of the Future
Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Walter Pincus is a contributing senior national security columnist at The Cipher Brief. He spent forty years at The Washington Post, writing on […] More
When it comes to Cyberattacks, Can we really just talk it out?
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 nuclear […] More
A Duty to Inform the Public on Cyber
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 nuclear […] More
The U.S. Needs a Stronger Cyber Defense Against Russia
Paul Kolbe, Director, Intelligence Project, Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Paul Kolbe is Director of The Intelligence Project at Harvard University’s […] More
The 2021 Cyber Threat Will Drive Stronger Alliances
Cipher Brief Expert and former Secretary for Homeland Security Michael Chertoff is Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of the Chertoff Group. He served as Secretary of […] More
How the Government Can Double Down on Cybersecurity
Rep. John Katko (R-NY) is Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security. He is also a former federal prosecutor. OPINION — It should […] More
Why Cyber Criminals are Winning
Cipher Brief Expert Alex Cresswell led an operational division of GCHQ and served in the Cabinet Office, directing the team of analysts (the Joint Intelligence Organisation) which […] More
On Cyber Disclosures, Take ‘Voluntary’ Out of the Equation
Rob Knake is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a non-resident fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. […] More
Executing Commander’s Intent at Machine Speed for Cyber
Join us this week Tuesday – Thursday for The Cipher Brief’s Cybersecurity Summit featuring leaders from the public and private sectors, including Microsoft President Brad Smith, FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia, and […] More
Evolving Cybersecurity Takes More Than Money
Hitesh Sheth is the president and CEO of Vectra. Previously, he was chief operating officer at Aruba Networks and before that, he was EVP/GM at […] More
Mitigating Cyber Risk at Home
Cipher Brief Expert Daniel N. Hoffman is a retired clandestine services officer and former Chief of Station with the Central Intelligence Agency. His combined 30 years of government service […] More
The New Never-Ending War
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