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RIP Cyber Coordinator: An Obituary

Rest in peace, Cyber Coordinator. The White House’s Special Assistant to the President and Cyber Coordinator has now been eliminated, apparently [...] More

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Sept. 11th Intel Vet Rasmussen Leaving NCTC

Sept. 11th Intel Vet Rasmussen Leaving NCTC

One of the longest serving senior American counterterrorism officials is stepping down, with the departure of Nicholas Rasmussen as head of the [...] More
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Senator Balks at CIA Inspector General Nominee Over Torture Report

The Trump administration’s nominee for CIA inspector general faced tough questions from lawmakers over his handling of whistleblower complaints, and [...] More
Do Diplomatic and Defense Vacancies Risk U.S. Security?

Do Diplomatic and Defense Vacancies Risk U.S. Security?

When a new U.S. president takes office the January after an election, his or her administration takes over not only the world’s strongest and most [...] More

The 'World Doesn’t Wait’ for D.C. to Fill Top Jobs

North Korea is testing its nuclear program seemingly at will. Afghanistan and Iraq struggle with enormous security threats years after the U.S. [...] More

Personal Relationships Matter in Forging Foreign Policy

A new presidential administration needs a team of political and career appointees to run the government, including the world’s most powerful military [...] More

Defusing Leakers Means Knowing What Makes Them Tick

Tackling insider threat — everything from leaking classified information to potential workplace violence — is a key part of the National [...] More

A Candid Conversation with The White House’s Man on Cyber

The White House’s National Security team is expected to issue a report early this week outlining U.S. options for deterring adversaries in cyber [...] More

Cipher Brief Expert View: Trump's Cyber Executive Order

The long-awaited executive order on cybersecurity is out. It’s not dramatic or surprising (perhaps because drafts have been floating around [...] More
Trump Treasury Counterterrorism Nominee Wins Wide Praise

Trump Treasury Counterterrorism Nominee Wins Wide Praise

Sigal P. Mandelker, President Donald J. Trump’s pick to be Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI), is being lauded by [...] More
Comey to INSA: Privacy and Security “Crashing Into Each Other”

Comey to INSA: Privacy and Security “Crashing Into Each Other”

FBI Director James Comey was the guest of honor at an Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) Leadership Dinner Wednesday in Alexandria, [...] More

To the Government and Silicon Valley: Grow Up and Get Along

My late mother served as a sergeant in the Women’s Army Corps during World War II. She was nearly killed in 1944 by a “buzz bomb” – think German UAV [...] More

Making the Unknowns Known in Space

NASA has never hesitated in the face of the unknown. The space agency landed men on the moon in less than a decade. It has sent spacecraft beyond the [...] More