Issues of leadership are rarely considered or dealt with in a serious way in the context of cyber security. Technological problems are met with technological solutions in a way that often trumps consideration of interpersonal relationships, character and leadership. In many ways this makes sense – we want people with real…
Cybersecurity and AI – two words guaranteed to create a headache. Within the security community, AI is either dismissed like vegan turkey or praised as the industry's magical elixir. Either way, I think we can all agree that the level of conversation is underwhelming. There are already plenty of interesting takes…
As few weeks ago on Net Politics, Melissa K. Griffith laid out the challenges facing academics who want to study cyber conflict. She highlights the start-up costs young academics face, the scare availability of data, and the barriers to publishing. Her post sparked a lively discussion on Twitter. We are…
Cyber threat reporting sits at a dichotomy. On the one hand, much furor is made of the role of non-state actors – the way in which criminal groups, proxies, hacktivists and even individuals can have an outsized impact in the threat that they pose. On the other hand, discussion of state…
From Sony Pictures to NotPetya, there has been a steady uptick of governments calling out and identifying the perpetrators of cyber incidents. This shift partially reflects a more developed posture for governments responding to cyber security challenges. Cyber security remits have long been delegated to signals intelligence (SIGINT) agencies and…
Cyber security is a dispersed field, one comprising both a variety of topics (ranging from malware analysis, to psychology, to policy) and numerous stakeholders (including government, industry and academia). Silos have unsurprisingly emerged, making it critical for different communities to work together. None of this should be seen as particularly…
With Facebook revealing the true extent of Russia’s information operations during the U.S. election on their platform, journalists have not held back in casting social media firms as the pantomime villain in recent election interference sagas. At the core of recent criticism is the assertion that social media…
Gone are the days when spy agencies did not officially exist with their personnel and activities guarded surreptitiously away from the public view. Today, the situation could not be more different. The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence has had a Tumblr account since 2014. NSA Director…