Angus King

SOLARIUM TURNS FIVE

This week marks the five-year anniversary of the release of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission’s original March 2020 report, a blueprint that has reshaped U.S. cybersecurity strategy and policymaking....

Unconstrained Actors

Assessing Global Cyber Threats to the Homeland

How the 119th Congress can move the needle on US cybersecurity

When the 119th Congress convenes in January, it must modernize the U.S. government’s approach to cybersecurity. This is not only about defending our national security; it is about growing our economic...

2024 Annual Report on Implementation

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Protecting America’s cybersecurity demands showing our teeth

Deterring U.S. adversaries from attacking American infrastructure requires making clear that the United States can strike back in kind.

Much Ado About ‘Somethings’

China-Linked Influence Operation Endures Despite Takedowns

America’s Food Supply Has a Cyber Problem

Fine-tuned sensors let farmers know which fields need more water and which crops need more fertilizer. But today, a hacker halfway around the world, working as a criminal actor or paid by a foreign government,...

2023 Annual Report on Implementation

After the Attack

A Playbook for Continuity of the Economy Planning and Implementation

Politics Risk Derailing One of America’s Most Important Strategic Agreements

China is the biggest winner from the current train wreck that is the Marshall Islands–United States COFA negotiations.

Advance U.S. Interests by Giving Ukraine the Weapons It Needs Now

Lawmakers Urge More Action to Ensure Resilience of the U.S. Economy

Two Republican lawmakers sent a letter to President Joe Biden earlier this month expressing concern about the “limited action” the administration has taken to create plans to ensure the Continuity of...

2022 Annual Report on Implementation

Protecting Americans’ Private Information from Hostile Foreign Powers

Lawmakers Underscore the Importance of a Plan for Continuity of the Economy

In two separate letters last month, members of Congress urged President Joe Biden to develop a strategy for creating and implementing a Continuity of the Economy (COTE) plan, which would aim to ensure the...

It Is Time to Counter China’s Data Strategy

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) closed public feedback last month on a draft regulation to secure and manage data according to its importance to national security. While ostensibly a technical...

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early August

Any reduction in Energy Department’s cybersecurity resources a mistake

Excerpt In March, a bipartisan group of senators led by Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Angus King (I-Maine) sent a letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm expressing support for the department’s...

Apocalypse Next

Planning for the day after a catastrophic cyberattack