Are We Headed for a ‘Cyber Cuban Missile Crisis’ with Russia?
Bottom Line: The risk posed to U.S. national security by what are believed to be Russian-backed hacking groups, is similar to the October 1962 Cuban […] More
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CTIIC’s Role in Keeping America Safe in Cyber
One day last May, employees of Britain’s health service logged on to their computers to find a startling discovery: their data had been encrypted, rendering […] More
Cyber Threat Intelligence: “The Government Doesn’t Have a Monopoly”
Much as intelligence stovepiping challenged U.S. defenses against terrorism in the lead up to 9/11, it is also an ongoing problem within the U.S. government’s […] More
Trump’s Silence on Russia Means His Chiefs Have to Say Too Much
President Donald Trump’s unwillingness to publicly make plain that Russia is undertaking a large-scale active measures campaign against our democracy is forcing others in office […] More
Five Eyes Intel Sharing Unhindered By Trump Tweets
Bottom Line: While President Donald Trump’s tweets at times unnerve America’s closest allies, especially those that attack U.S. intelligence and law enforcement, the “Five Eyes” […] More
Source: NSA not the target in gate shooting incident
The shooting incident at the entrance to the National Security Agency had nothing to do with targeting the intelligence center, and there were no fatalities, […] More
Eatinger: Under the Hood of Renewed FISA Law
Robert Eatinger, former senior deputy general counsel at the CIA, says the legislation that Congress just passed extending controversial surveillance authorities, known as Section 702 […] More
Don’t Pass Surveillance Legislation in the Dark
Politicians who support broad, unchecked government surveillance authorities are once again rushing to approve a sweeping program at the expense of Americans’ personal liberty and […] More
Agency Transformed, NSA Chief Rogers Set for Spring Departure
National Security Agency Director Adm. Mike Rogers has told his staff that he will be stepping down from his post this spring, as reported by […] More
Outing Spooks: “Doxing” in the Cyber-Hack Era
Revealing the identities of intelligence officials – a practice known as doxing – could become more common among nation-states, directed in particular at the clandestine […] More
FISA Can Be Fixed Without Risking American Lives
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance act is set to expire in five weeks, and to hear current and former intelligence officials tell it, […] More
In Defense of Tapping the Internet to Keep You Safe
In one month, the authorities provided under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Act (FISA) are due to expire unless reauthorized by Congress. […] More
How Britain’s GCHQ Decides Which Secrets to Share with You
The Trump Administration’s National Security Council has released an unclassified set of guidelines for determining when the U.S. government will disclose – rather than retain […] More
Remembering Civil Liberties when Reforming Foreign Surveillance
The NSA surveillance programs under the authorities laid out in the Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Act (FISA) Section 702 have been making headlines since former […] More
Trump Pick for DOJ National Security Division Chief Endorses FISA Powers
The re-authorization of the National Security Agency’s internet surveillance program received a boost Tuesday from President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the national security division […] More
FISA Surveillance: What it Is, and What it Isn’t
The Senate Intelligence Committee approved legislation last week to renew the National Security Agency’s internet surveillance program, currently authorized under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act […] More
Shaking Up the Top of Cyber Command
As I have previously written, U.S. Cyber Command has grown up, and its elevation to a unified combatant command will soon be complete. The focus […] More
NSA and Kaspersky Ensnarled by Russian Web
U.S. companies got a disturbing preview of just how Russia might be able to steal their secrets, with news that Kaspersky Lab anti-virus software was […] More