Now is the Time to Split NSA and CYBERCOM
OPINION — Recent news of another audacious hack against the US critical infrastructure and interests overseas—this time from the Chinese-based “Volt Typhoon” group-underscores the ongoing […] More
OPINION — Recent news of another audacious hack against the US critical infrastructure and interests overseas—this time from the Chinese-based “Volt Typhoon” group-underscores the ongoing […] More
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — With President Joe Biden and top Republican lawmakers sitting down together this week in the hopes of averting an historic government […] More
SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – With a new Homeland Security task force underway, designed to examine threats posed by both Beijing and ever-more potent forms of artificial […] More
OPINION — As information emerges as to the possible origins and extent of the leak of highly sensitive intelligence materials produced within the Pentagon, significant effort must […] More
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – As Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday fulfills a historic meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the specter of strained Sino-U.S. relations […] More
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – The scale of Russia’s cyber-attacks in Ukraine swelled in the first quarter of 2023, a top Ukrainian official told a gathering […] More
OPINION — The new National Cybersecurity Strategy is clear and concise, laying out the case for a more robust and engaged approach to defending our […] More
OPINION — For years, cybercrime was dismissed as an afterthought. Indeed, it wasn’t long ago that the FBI leadership famously dismissed it as “ankle-biter crime.” […] More
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Australia has suffered enormous back-to-back cyberattacks in recent months. The first major attack hit Optus, Australia’s second-largest telecommunications company, in September. The […] More
OPINION – The United States is under attack. U.S. organizations and businesses are being targeted with cyberattacks from nation states and criminal organizations on a […] More
OPINION — In a performance worthy of Joseph Goebbels, Vladimir Putin’s announcement of the formal annexation of occupied portions of eastern Ukraine – along with […] More
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE – The White House’s recent announcement of a Strategic High-Level Dialogue on Technology with Israel and the Jerusalem U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership Joint Declaration […] More
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE: The presence of drones/UAV’s in armed conflicts as varied as Syria, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Ukraine is not only influencing military tactics and strategy but it’s […] More
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — We’re witnessing the perfect storm. The disruptive pandemic has put pressure on cybersecurity teams, as widescale remote working escalates digital transformation. Waves […] More
OPINION — The days of cyber negligence are numbered. While nobody can expect perfect cybersecurity, a vast supermajority of the painful breaches we learn about […] More
Wednesday, May 25, 2022, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM EST
Wednesday, April 13, 2:00–3:00pm With the evolution of technology, a breakdown of trust in once-trusted institutions and U.S. adversaries creating their own facts and pushing […] More
The Cipher Brief welcomes Kevin Mandia, CEO of Mandiant, for a timely discussion on private sector involvement one of today’s most pressing issues. Wednesday, March […] More
A Virtual Briefing Wednesday, March 2, 2022, 1:30-2:30pm EST This discussion will cover the promise of AI, the growing importance of Open Source to the […] More
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE/OPINION — Following the early 2021 cyberattacks against Colonial Pipeline that led to widespread gas shortages on the U.S East Coast, the U.S. government […] More
A Virtual Briefing | Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 1:30-2:30pm EST We are now living in a constant state of competition in the cyber domain, an […] More
PRIVATE SECTOR PERSPECTIVE — Fifth-generation (5G) mobile technology will completely transform global telecommunications networks. Billions more devices, sensors, and systems will be connected worldwide. Downloads […] More
Robert Hannigan is a Principal Member of The Cyber Initiatives Group, powered by The Cipher Brief. EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Asked recently what risk he worried […] More
Chris Inglis’ new White House office has a startup feel to it. There are desks, a few chairs, a coffee maker and a poster hanging […] More