ISA NATIONAL DEFENSE CYBER THREAT REPORT: HEALTHCARE PART 2
Government’s Motto for Cybersecurity Must Be “Do No Harm” Healthcare was one of the very first industries regulated for cybersecurity under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), yet it remains one of the least cybersecure. Academic reviews of cybersecurity policy have identified 49 separate regulations, standards, and guidelines applicable to […]
ISA NATIONAL DEFENSE CYBER THREAT REPORT: NUCLEAR PART 2
The Nuclear-Cyber Convergence: America’s Energy Future Meets Its Greatest Security Challenge Technology giants are investing billions in nuclear energy to power their artificial intelligence initiatives. Microsoft plans to restart the reactor at Three Mile Island, Google has contracted for 500 megawatts from small modular reactors, and Amazon has taken stakes in several nuclear projects1. […]
ISA NATIONAL DEFENSE CYBER THREAT REPORT: TELECOMMUNICATIONS PART 2
“We’re really dealing with a highly sophisticated nation-state threat actor that will do anything and everything at any price to get a foothold into our critical infrastructure.” — Nasrin Rezai, Chief Information Security Officer for Verizon¹. The New Definition of National Defense For generations, “national defense” has meant tanks, jets, and missiles. However, […]
What the Venezuelan Operation Illustrates About U.S. Cybersecurity
2026: The Cyber Threat has Changed – Congress Needs to Change Too The very nature of cyber-attacks has changed dramatically, and the US Congress will need structural reform to keep up with the evolved threat to our national security. The US action against Venezuela this past weekend was a blended operation, apparently including […]
THE NDAA FRAMEWORK FOR NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY: 5 NO-COST REFORMS
America is losing the cyber war, not because it lacks intellect or technology, but because the United States is trying to fight a national security conflict with a governance structure designed for fragmented consumer protection oversight. This fragmentation is not a bureaucratic inconvenience—it is a national-defense failure created by jurisdictional paralysis. The solution requires Congressional […]
Cybersecurity Needs to be Treated as a National Defense Issue
WE ARE FIGHTING THE LAST WAR – AND LOSING For more than a decade, the United States has misdiagnosed the nature of the cyber threat. We treated cybersecurity as if it were a primarily consumer protection matter, and in the early days, perhaps it was. Our strategy was mostly geared to directing private companies to […]
ISA NATIONAL DEFENSE CYBER THREAT REPORT: HIGHER EDUCATION
America’s Hidden Frontline: Why Universities Are Now a Matter of National Defense Today, one of the country’s most important and least defended battlefields is not a military base or government bunker – it is US universities. Universities are not merely centers of education; they are the research core of America’s strategic advantage. Each year, they […]
ISA NATIONAL DEFENSE CYBER THREAT REPORT: FINANCIAL SERVICES
Cyber Defense in the Financial Sector: Securing the Infrastructure Behind America’s Economic Power Every U.S. military operation depends on a stable and secure financial infrastructure. Payroll for 2.1 million service members moves through commercial banks. Defense contractors rely on credit markets to fund production. Treasury’s sanctions—the nation’s most effective non-kinetic weapon—require a functioning financial […]
ISA NATIONAL DEFENSE CYBER THREAT REPORT: NUCLEAR
The Nuclear-Cyber Convergence: America’s Energy Future Meets Its Greatest Security Challenge Technology giants are investing billions in nuclear energy to power their artificial intelligence initiatives. Microsoft plans to restart the reactor at Three Mile Island, Google has contracted for 500 megawatts from small modular reactors, and Amazon has taken stakes in several nuclear projects1. This […]
ISA NATIONAL DEFENSE CYBER THREAT REPORT: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
The Heart and Soul and Muscle of Cybersecurity: The IT Sector and Its People Before World War II, the United States viewed warfare as occurring in two primary domains: land, overseen by the Army, and sea, managed by the Navy. The attack on Pearl Harbor revealed a third essential domain—the air—forcing the U.S. to rethink […]