Jeff Bezos and Mohammed bin Salman at a 2016 meeting. Photo Credit: Getty Images. Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS), the Crown Prince and effective ruler of Saudi Arabia, made a strategic error that could limit his nation’s access to cyber capabilities by spying on the richest person in the United States. While hacking political dissidents and … Continue reading Royal Hubris: The Hacking of Jeff Bezos and the Future of Regulating the Cyber Domain
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Revisit The Case for Lawful Hacking: A Path to the Going Dark Debate
A stylized image of computer code. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons. During the 37th Meeting of the INTERPOL Specialists Group on Crimes against Children in France earlier this month, US Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials presented a draft resolution calling for “lawful access” to encrypted data “enabled or facilitated by [providers … Continue reading Revisit The Case for Lawful Hacking: A Path to the Going Dark Debate
Space-Based Solutions for Closing the Arctic Digital Divide
The ISS flies over the Earth at night. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons. The Arctic is rapidly becoming more accessible due to climate change, bringing with it increased human activity in the form of resource exploration, shipping, tourism, and scientific research. All of this necessitates adequate connectivity capabilities. However, such communications infrastructure development in the polar … Continue reading Space-Based Solutions for Closing the Arctic Digital Divide
The Need for A Federal AI Supervisory Task Force is More Urgent than Ever
A stylized image representing AI. Photo Credit: Flikr/Mike MacKenzie. The US government must establish a special taskforce that tests and sanctions the release of diverse artificial intelligence (AI) products rolled out by Silicon Valley giants to reduce national security or physical security risks of new AI technologies. The potentially damaging effect of AI on society … Continue reading The Need for A Federal AI Supervisory Task Force is More Urgent than Ever
Real Minds Gather to Discuss Artificial Intelligence at the Kalaris Intelligence Conference
Sue Gordon, Former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, speaking at the Kalaris Conference. Photo Credit: GSSR/Hunter Price. Academics, government officials, and private sector members descended upon Gaston Hall on September 25, 2019 for the Georgetown University Center for Security Studies’ (CSS) and Center for Security and Emerging Technology’s (CSET) annual Kalaris Intelligence Conference. Together, … Continue reading Real Minds Gather to Discuss Artificial Intelligence at the Kalaris Intelligence Conference
Estonia’s Digital Embassies and the Concept of Sovereignty
An e-Estonia display. Photo Credit: E-Estonia. INTRODUCTION I have previously covered e-Estonia and the strategic risks Estonia’s e-government platforms pose for Estonian and NATO cybersecurity by presenting a ready center of gravity for adversarial cyber operations.[i] That risk is calculated against the revolutionary benefits that e-governance has brought Estonia, making the country’s administration incredibly flexible, … Continue reading Estonia’s Digital Embassies and the Concept of Sovereignty
The Polyopticon: Data Gathering and State Technopower
A panopticon-inspired prison. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Introduction The world is on the cusp of a fourth industrial revolution.[i] This revolution is driven by the increased connectivity, reactivity, and converging nature of modern technologies. It is enabled by constant data-streams analyzed through ultramodern techniques, which allow vendors to immediately integrate analysis into product and service … Continue reading The Polyopticon: Data Gathering and State Technopower
An Unpatchable Exploit: The Human Vulnerability in Cybersecurity
Individual holding a flash drive. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Popular imagination envisions hackers as shadowy figures in dark rooms hunched over computers running thousands of lines of code as they attempt to brute force their way into target networks and systems. But the reality is that hacking is not often about “brute force.” Instead, whether … Continue reading An Unpatchable Exploit: The Human Vulnerability in Cybersecurity
The Russian Edge in Electronic Warfare
A Russian serviceman prepares to launch a drone during a military exercise. Photo Credit: RIA Novosti. By: Madison Creery, Columnist The U.S. has spent nearly two decades dedicated to counterterrorism operations where it enjoyed significant qualitative and quantitative advantages over adversaries. In these conflicts, the U.S. was able to quickly gain local air, sea, and … Continue reading The Russian Edge in Electronic Warfare
Beyond Huawei – 5G and US National Security
Illustrative image of a hacker. Photo Credit: Gettyimages. By: Daniel Zhang, Columnist The US government has launched a concerted campaign both domestically and internationally to block Huawei from building Next-Generation (5G) wireless networks. These efforts are, however, insufficient to address wider network security concerns. Keeping Huawei hardware out of the US 5G network does not … Continue reading Beyond Huawei – 5G and US National Security