National Security

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Voter Privacy vs. the Security of the Electronic Voting System

As technology continues to permeate every facet of life, individuals are continuously faced with decisions that test the balance between...

When Perception is Not Reality: Perspectives on State-Sponsored Hacking and Retaliation

NBC News recently reported that the CIA is poised to launch a retaliatory cyber-attack against Russian computer systems. This comes...

BCDR Series: The intersection of Incident Response and Business Continuity

When most people think of Continuity, they think of bringing a business back online after a fire or a flood....

Hacking Hillary: Recent Breaches against Democratic Political Groups

A recent leak of thousands of Democratic National Committee emails cast a long shadow over the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia...

Apologies to DARPA and an Illuminating Point Regarding the Media

Yesterday I posted a short piece about DARPA’s Plan X project which was covered in an article over at Wired....

The Tallinn Manual and Cybersecurity

As a delayed follow-up to this post from a few weeks ago, I wanted to touch on the Tallinn Manual...

What is Happening v. What The Media Says Is Happening

While cyber security certainly does get coverage in the mainstream media the particular stories that are covered and the way...

A Follow-up to An Aside on Classified Information Handling

Politico has published an article on the recent classified information leak I wrote about here, and this article from The...

Cyber Warfare, the 0-Day Exploit Market, and the Rest of Us: Part 2

In the last post, I discussed some of the recent revelations about the current cyber warfare landscape.  Earlier this spring,...

Cyber Warfare, the 0-Day Exploit Market, and the Rest of Us: Part 1

So, aside from learning that there are top government officials with no regard for the commitments that they’ve made to...

An Aside on Classified Information Handling

I’ve been doing some reading this week, and it seems that there are several posts running through my head all...