The Cipher Brief Honors Charlie Allen with Lifetime Award
The Cipher Brief is incredibly proud to present its first-ever Lifetime National Security Award to veteran intelligence professional, Mr. Charles E. Allen this Sunday, September […] More
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Seeking the Security Flaws in Booming Technologies
Dr. Stacey Dixon took over as Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) in September of last year. Her specific task is to […] More
The Iran Brief
As part of The Cipher Brief’s special coverage in the run up to our 2019 Threat Conference in Sea Island, GA March 24-26th, we will […] More
The New Risks, Realities and Opportunities in the Middle East
As Iran and Israel trade accusations over Iran’s nuclear program, and the U.S. sends indicators that it may pull out of the JCPOA agreement, The […] More
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ThreatCon Day 3: Fighting Terror Beyond the Grid Square
On the final day of the Cipher Brief Threat Conference in Sea Island, Ga., three CIA veterans of the post-9/11 terrorism fight discussed the current […] More
Bossert on Sunday: “I see consistency…I feel comfortable.”
The White House said President Donald Trump’s Homeland Security Advisor, Thomas Bossert, will be resigning his post Tuesday. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee […] More
ThreatCon Day 2: Striking back against “Reckless” Russia
The second day of this year’s annual Threat Conference was filled with prescient discussions of intelligence, foreign threats and preparing for the future—by current members […] More
Debating Risk and Blowback on North Korea
Cipher Brief experts debated the risk versus blowback of striking North Korea before it has a chance to strike the continental United States, at The […] More
Hayden: A World Both Dangerous and More Complicated
“The world has been more dangerous, but it has never been more complicated.” These were the words Michael Hayden, former director of both CIA and […] More