Shadowy cyber figure. Photo Credit: Getty Images. By: Daniel Zhang, Columnist Publicly released in 2017 under the Trump administration, the Vulnerabilities Equities Process (VEP) is an interagency framework used to determine whether the United States government should withhold or disclose zero-day vulnerabilities - unpatched software or hardware vulnerabilities often exploited by criminals, militaries, or governments … Continue reading Vulnerabilities Equities Process Revisited
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NSCITF Report on Millennial Considerations on Insider Threat
The 2019 edition of the National Security Critical Issues Task Force (NSCITF) Report is now available for download here. The 2019 NSCITF Report on Millennial Considerations on Insider Threat: Are We A Threat Or An Opportunity? As insider threat prevention receives increasing attention, the National Security Critical Issues Task Force examined if Millennials–now the largest segment of … Continue reading NSCITF Report on Millennial Considerations on Insider Threat
A Nuclear (em)Powered Middle East: Why the United States Cannot Afford a Counterterror Only Approach to the Region
The Barakah nuclear power plant in United Arab Emirates is seen in an undated photo released by the state-run WAM news agency. Photo Credit: Arun Girija/Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation/WAM/AP By: Taylor Clausen, Columnist The most recent National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy heralded the return of great power competition. Before the documents’ release, Elbridge … Continue reading A Nuclear (em)Powered Middle East: Why the United States Cannot Afford a Counterterror Only Approach to the Region
Protecting the Polls from Russian Trolls: Why America Must Hack Back
Voters at the Topeka Civic Theater in Kansas last year during the midterm elections. The United States Cyber Command took a Russian troll farm off line on Election Day to block any potential interference. Photo Credit: Barrett Emke for The New York Times By Stan Sundel, Associate Editor for Terrorism and Counterterrorism Earlier this year, the Washington … Continue reading Protecting the Polls from Russian Trolls: Why America Must Hack Back
Moving the National Security AI Conversation Beyond Killer Robots
Drone in the sky. Photo credit: Pixabay.com By: Diane Pinto, Columnist When discussing the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) as they relate to the military and defense spaces, it is easy to think about terminators and cylons running … Continue reading Moving the National Security AI Conversation Beyond Killer Robots
Estonia’s Cybersphere as an Asset and a Vulnerability
Photo Credit: https://e-estonia.com/ By: Nikolai F. Rice Estonia’s e-governance regularly pushes the boundaries of cyber-administration. Roughly three-quarters the territory of West Virginia and a population just smaller than Maine, Estonia’s size plays to its cyber-administrative advantage.[i] The nation manages it taxes, elections, and healthcare administration almost entirely online.[ii] The unfortunate byproduct of Estonia’s rapid cyber development … Continue reading Estonia’s Cybersphere as an Asset and a Vulnerability
The Crumbling of Arms Control and the Premise of “Equal Security”
U.S. President, Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary, Mikhail Gorbachev signed the treaty on 8 December 1987. Photo Credit: AP Photo/Bob Daugherty By: Krystel Von Kumberg The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty signed in 1987 by US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, eliminating intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles, is being erased. [i] Leaving the … Continue reading The Crumbling of Arms Control and the Premise of “Equal Security”
Encouraging Cross-Border Data Flows Can Enable the U.S. to Maintain its Edge in AI
Global Connections (World map texture credits to NASA) Photo Credit: Getty Images. By: Diane Pinto, Columnist When it comes to artificial intelligence as with other commercial and military tools, it is strategically best for U.S. interests for the U.S. to remain at the forefront. So, when reports come out that China could overtake the U.S. … Continue reading Encouraging Cross-Border Data Flows Can Enable the U.S. to Maintain its Edge in AI
An American National Information Security Strategy
Photo Credit: iStock By: Kevin Truitte, Columnist In today’s Digital Age, information is a potent weapon. American adversaries such as Russia and China understand the power of information and seek to manipulate it to their advantage. From injecting or magnifying divisive messages in social media to penetrating government networks to steal employee information, they understand … Continue reading An American National Information Security Strategy
Could Pakistan Provoke a Nuclear War?
The U.S. should prioritize Pakistan as a nuclear threat as the country's' nuclear arsenal continues to rapidly grow as a deterrent from India aggression while Pakistani affiliated terrorist organizations raise the chances of a conflict. Photo Credit: Reuters. By: Adrienne Thompson, Columnist Pakistan's nuclear arsenal remains exposed to terrorist organizations holding anti-western sentiments as Pakistan's … Continue reading Could Pakistan Provoke a Nuclear War?