Does the US Defense Establishment Need a ‘Paradigm Shift’?
EXPERT INTERVIEW — The U.S. starts the new year with a daunting set of challenges in the national security space – from global conflicts to terrorism […] More
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Wanted: A Plan to Secure America’s Railroads Against Cyberattacks
OPINION — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) published a proposed cybersecurity rule on November 6 that would “require the establishment of pipeline and railroad cyber risk […] More
Innovative Business Models Can Accelerate Tech for IC Missions
PRIVATE SECTOR PERSPECTIVE — The primacy of U.S. power is facing an unprecedented challenge: A strategic competition with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is […] More
Defending Against State-Sponsored Espionage Targeting the U.S. Private Sector is a Team Effort
OPINION — Last year, Congress spent 52 billion dollars on the CHIPS Act to advance the semiconductor industry in the United States because semiconductors are […] More
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The way AI ‘learns’ poses risks so large, it almost supplants threats from China
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — The Intelligence Community’s 2023 Annual Threat Assessment released in March emphasized the Chinese Communist Party in what intelligence leaders later described […] 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
The Future of Integrated Risk Management
The Cipher Brief’s Private Sector column focuses on national security thought leadership in the private sector. Andrew Razumovsky is Principal of CANDA Solutions, providing Risk […] More
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 […] More
COVID lessons from SOF to Silicon Valley
The Cipher Brief recently hosted General Joseph Votel (Ret.) for a member’s briefing on lessons learned from SOF to Silicon Valley and how the US […] More
Cyber Tips for Managing New Attack Surface in Age of COVID
This column is part of our new series, ‘From the C-Suite’, focused on bringing you perspectives on threats as they see them from leaders in […] More
How Machine Learning Impacts National Security
In the latest edition of our State Secrets podcast, Cipher Brief COO Brad Christian talks with Brian Raymond who works for Primer, one of our […] More
Profile of a Private Sector Intelligence Analyst
Angela Lewis, Manager of Global Intelligence and Threat Analysis Team at The Walt Disney Company Access all of The Cipher Brief’s national security-focused expert insight […] More
Seeking the Right Tech to Ensure National Security
The Department of Defense launched an experiment in 2015 aimed at making it easier for the government to benefit from commercial technology. It was called […] More
Talking with Bill Evanina About Threats, Spies and Social Media
Bill Evanina is the Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) – a part of the U.S. Intelligence Community that leads and supports […] More
A CEO’s Brief Guide to Intelligence: “Not Just for Three-Letter Agencies”
Presidents and generals depend upon timely intelligence to shape their decisions in a world of ambiguity, hostile actors and disinformation. The savviest leaders in the […] More
Tracing Raytheon’s Bold Launch into the Fifth Domain
Raytheon, one of the U.S. government’s largest defense contractors, is known for making bold competitive moves. Just a couple of days ago, the company claimed […] More
U.S. Cyber Survival Depends on Greater Collaboration
There is little argument that the relationship between the public and private sectors has to be far stronger in order for the U.S. Government and […] More
Insider Threat Special Report: Whistleblowers
Distinguishing between whistleblowers who want to point out and fix problems within the intelligence community and employees who want to damage national security will demand […] More
Insider Threat Special Report: Private Sector Challenges
When defense contractor Harold Martin was charged with the alleged theft of highly classified documents from the National Security Agency (NSA), federal prosecutors deemed the […] More