Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Detecting Systemic Cyber Vulnerabilities Among Critical Infrastructure Operators
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
5 Reasons Why CISA Is Indispensable to America’s Cyber Defense
Some 70 percent of cyberattacks in 2024 targeted critical infrastructure, yet Congress is weighing cuts to the lead agency responsible for defending it. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...
Insights
From Static Inventory to Real-Time Defense: Why the SBOM conversation has to change now
When the next widely exploitable vulnerability appears, your organization will have far less time to respond than the processes you have built were designed to handle. That is not a prediction. It is what...
Op-eds
The Global Cyber Vulnerability Database Cannot Run on Unstable Funding
A critical cybersecurity system that supports global threat coordination operates without guaranteed funding, statutory authority, or a formal governance structure. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures...
Policy Briefs
Delayed Vulnerability Analysis Puts America at a Cybersecurity Disadvantage
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is struggling. It faces a growing backlog to process data in its vulnerability repository, which publicly shares information assessing and detailing...
Policy Briefs
How to Manage AI Big-Data Risks
Establishing a taxonomy for AI risks would enable researchers, policymakers, and industries to communicate effectively and coordinate their efforts.
Op-eds
Another unhappy 9/11 anniversary
We continue to fight erratically and without a coherent global strategy.
Op-eds
Midterm Assessment: Sunni Jihadism
Save the Terrorism Prevention Toolkit
Co-authored by George Selim. The images from Charlottesville captured the nation’s attention. Cameras showed Nazi salutes, swastikas, and ...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda Assessment Off the Mark
Throughout his two terms in office, President Barack Obama faced an array of challenges from both al Qaeda and ISIS. In an interview with The Cipher Brief, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Seni...
Op-eds
Our Man in Havana
“I have come here to bury the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas.” That was Barack Obama’s “historic” announcement in Cuba last week. But was it true? What...
Op-eds
Fixing How We Fight the Islamic State’s Narrative
Co-authored by Nathaniel Barr Over the past couple of years, counter-messaging has been driven to the forefront of countering violent extremism (CVE) efforts undertaken by...
Op-eds
Notes on the Tsarnaevs’ Radicalization
The investigation into the radicalization of the Boston Marathon bombing’s Tsarnaev brothers has only just begun. While the picture of the radicalization of th...