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DHS Has Become Central to American Strategy, But Its Strategy Has Not Caught Up

Daniel E. White

DHS Has Become Central to American Strategy, But Its Strategy Has Not Caught Up

OPINION — A generation after 9/11, the homeland has returned to the center of American national security strategy. The 2025 National Security [...] More

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A New Approach to Domestic Terrorism

A New Approach to Domestic Terrorism

Javed Ali, Policymaker in Residence, University of MichiganJaved Ali is a Towsley Policymaker in Residence at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. [...] More

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A Huge Win for Stronger Public-Private Cybersecurity

Patrick Gaul

A Huge Win for Stronger Public-Private Cybersecurity

Patrick D. Gaul is the Executive Director of the National Technology Security Coalition (NTSC), a non-profit, non-partisan, industry-agnostic [...] More

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Declassification of Unverified Information becomes Election Talking Point

Walter Pincus

Declassification of Unverified Information becomes Election Talking Point

Last Tuesday, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe promised, or maybe threatened, “Additional declassification and public disclosure of [...] More

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Pouring Gas on a Fire

Walter Pincus

Pouring Gas on a Fire

The threatened Trump administration introduction of uninvited federal law enforcement officers into cities across the United States may already be [...] More

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How Cyber Plays in Boardrooms of the Future

How Cyber Plays in Boardrooms of the Future

We know that corporate boards can no longer afford to leave cyber to the IT team. In the future, (which is now) they need to be actively engaged in [...] More

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OSINT Global Trendline Report: COVID and the Americas

OSINT Global Trendline Report: COVID and the Americas

The Cipher Brief’s Open Source Trend Line Report utilizes open source data on a quarterly basis to track trends around the world that impact national [...] More

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What we're learning about National Security from COVID-19

What we're learning about National Security from COVID-19

As of this writing, Johns Hopkins, is reporting more than 432,438 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the US, and nearly 1.5m confirmed cases [...] More

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Tom Bossert's Plan to Hijack the Hack

Tom Bossert's Plan to Hijack the Hack

Tom Bossert spends a lot of time thinking about hacking. The former Homeland Security Advisor to President Trump who also served as the country’s [...] More

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DHS Recognizes White Supremacy Extremism, But More Needs to Be Done

Intel Brief

DHS Recognizes White Supremacy Extremism, But More Needs to Be Done

Bottom Line Up FrontOn September 20, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security unveiled a revised counterterrorism strategy which focuses as much on [...] More

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Back to Basics in Cyber Amid Recent Warnings

Jamil Jaffer

Back to Basics in Cyber Amid Recent Warnings

Earlier this week, The Cipher Brief brought you expert insights into How Iran Targets U.S. Businesses, after a warning last weekend by DHS’ [...] More

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DHS' Big Plan for a Stronger Public-Private Cyber Partnership

DHS' Big Plan for a Stronger Public-Private Cyber Partnership

When DHS was established shortly after 9/11, terrorism was the focus. But in the 16 years since the Agency’s creation, the threat landscape has [...] More

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Smarter Border Security

Michael Fisher

Smarter Border Security

The Government remains shut down after President Donald Trump offered a plan over the weekend to provide temporary protection to some groups of [...] More

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