PART 1: Existential Cyber Threats and the Risk of a Destabilized World
General Alexander called cybercrime “the greatest transfer of wealth in history”. His warning about cybercrime was a financial warning, on par with…
PART 2: Fix the Cyber Market Disfunction
In Part 1, I asserted that the reverse market forces at play in the cyber landscape (i.e., unchecked monetization of cybercrime) would…
PART 3: A Third Sphere Model
Sitting at a National War College event in Colorado Springs recently, attending a forum of thought leaders addressing a Public-Private Partnership model…
Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing: A Bill
H.R. 624 is currently being considered by Congress for enhancing Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing. The bill passed the House April 18, 2013, and…
DFARS Regulations Pushing Small Firms to Upgrade
Small and medium-sized enterprises in the DOD supply chain have some work cut out for them to come into compliance with recent…
The Key to Success for the Cybersecurity Framework
This essay presents a short history on the development of information sharing frameworks, one feature of the recent Executive Order on cybersecurity…
Advances in Technology and Protection of the Rights of the Accused
When looking at recent case law and Supreme Court rulings on how advances in technology affect the rights of the accused it…
A Preemptive Executive Order: Cybersecurity
Here is a link to the final Cybersecurity Executive Order signed by President Obama on February 12, 2013 with a summary of…
Communications Acceptable Use Policies: Some Cybersecurity Considerations
Managing employee communications devices in the always-connected global business community has become an important issue for information security personnel engaged in the…
The U.S. Government’s Top Priority for 2013; Or, it should be…
An analysis of the Obama Administration draft cybersecurity Executive Order.