I launched this company two and a half years ago on a very simple idea: let’s get a talented, experienced and vetted group of experts and professionals together to create a well-informed, dynamic national security debate based on non-partisan news reporting and analysis. And let’s create a dialogue with the private sector, in ways that haven’t been done before, since they are a critical part of addressing difficult and emerging threats.
Today, I’m incredibly proud to say that The Cipher Brief has one of the most influential and well-informed readerships in the world, supported by a bench of seasoned experts who share their perspectives on everything from how politics is impacting national security to Russian election meddling to North Korea’s growing capabilities, and emerging cyber proxy wars. These top-level professionals have led agencies, briefed Presidents and even worked undercover in parts of the world that are key to the national security of the U.S. and its allies.
The result is a more informed dialogue on the issues and the broader world has taken notice. We have provided Cipher Brief expertise on platforms that include CBS, CNBC, NBC, CNN, FOX, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The New Yorker, BBC, and Business Insider, just to name a few. Our content is regularly read and shared by a passionate audience of global business executives, leading officials in the White House and intelligence community, and top policy experts.
None of it has been easy. All of it has been worth it. The Cipher Brief, like other media platforms, set out to appeal to advertisers who see the true value of communicating messages to this unique audience. We learned that advertising alone isn’t the model that will lead the most successful media platforms into the future, so like many other top news organizations, we are evolving to include a subscriber-based model, as well as other opportunities to engage with our experts, so that we can continue to bring you the level of quality you expect from The Cipher Brief.
While we re-tool the site for the subscription model in order to generate financial support for great analysis, interviews and reporting, some of your favorite Cipher Brief content will go on hiatus, like our popular podcasts including The Cipher Brief Daily and Michael Morell’s Intelligence Matters, a Cipher Brief co-production with CBS News.
We will continue to bring you leading-edge thinking on the issues we face today and we will keep you updated on opportunities to become a part of the conversation at events like The Cipher Brief Threat Conference, in April.
We have always valued your opinions and you have generously shared them. Please keep doing it, by sending your thoughts and opinions to info@thecipherbrief.com
Thank you. You are the reason why we do what we do.
