The Greek legend of the Trojan horse is a tale of deception, a story children everywhere learn as youngsters. Yet America seems to have forgotten what befell Troy, and, consequently, has instead welcomed Trojan...
The Biden administration wants to avoid the Israel-Hamas war sparking a wider regional conflict, but Iran hasn’t gotten the message. While U.S. intelligence claims Iran wants to avoid a larger...
Latest Developments American cyber forces concluded a three-month deployment to Albania to aid its government after an Iranian cyberattack, U.S. Cyber Command announced on Thursday. At the request of its...
Washington should work with Taipei to stiffen the island's defenses against network attacks.
Latest Developments Hackers working for Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security conducted a cyberattack against the Technion Institute, a leading Israeli biomedical and hi-tech research university,...
The new National Cybersecurity Strategy is clear and concise, laying out the case for a more robust and engaged approach to defending our national critical infrastructure from a growing list of threats...
The U.S. Treasury Department and several UK agencies announced sanctions on Thursday against seven members of a Russia-based cybercriminal group known as Trickbot. While these sanctions — the first UK...
The United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) partnered with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Joint Cyber Defense Division earlier this month to conduct a five-day cyber defense simulation aimed at fostering...
The U.S. Treasury Department issued two sets of sanctions against Iran in mid-September for its malicious cyber operations. While the sanctions and other corresponding U.S. government actions raise awareness...
Albania, a NATO member state, cut diplomatic ties with Iran earlier this month after blaming Tehran for a cyberattack against Albanian government networks. It is an unprecedented response to a cyberattack...
As the Russia-Ukraine war continues to rage, the resilience of the Ukrainian critical infrastructure in the face of Russian cyber assaults has been an unexpected bright spot. After the damage Russia has inflicted on...
The most important thing is that you have to establish an effective partnership and build up that deterrent effect—or, if necessary, war winning capability—ahead of time: RADM (Retd) Mark Montgomery.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Wednesday it had detected and preemptively disabled Russian-installed malware on thousands of network devices in the United States and around the world. The...
With the world’s attention fixed on the national security and humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine caused by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion, a similar disaster is brewing in...
Excerpt Scholars and practitioners in the area of cyber strategy and conflict focus on two key strategic imperatives for the United States: first, to maintain and strengthen the current deterrence of cyberattacks...
The linchpin of a more effective deterrence is developing a more effective way to hurt the Chinese Communist Party if it will not stop hurting the United States.
President Joe Biden on Monday announced the nomination of Chris Inglis as the inaugural national cyber director (NCD), Jen Easterly as the director of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’) Cybersecurity...
Russia and Iran inked an agreement last month on information security, a term that in Russian strategic doctrine encompasses not only cyber but information and communications technology (ICT) more broadly....
While it has not launched any new missiles since July, North Korea instead demonstrated its hostility with cyber-attacks throughout 2020. What can Washington do to push back?
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) is the most significant attempt ever undertaken by Congress to improve national cybersecurity and protect U.S. critical infrastructure...