Posted on March 1, 2023 at 9:23 am
There is a is a common misconception that cybersecurity regulation has not been tried, and that, if only there was federal regulation of cyberspace, we would have a more secure environment. The facts don’t bear out this assertion. In our next two posts, we will first lay out the empirical evidence that cyber regulation does […]
Posted on February 27, 2023 at 10:14 am
Spoiler alert: It’s both. However, virtually all of our efforts to address our cybersecurity problems have focused on the tech side and virtually none on the underlying economics of cybersecurity. This has led to an unbalanced and ineffective government response in “providing for the common defense” in the cyber infrastructure. In their classic work, The […]
Posted on February 24, 2023 at 7:52 am
US cybersecurity policies have been inadequate for decades and need to be updated to counter the heightened digital and physical risks the nation faces from our adversaries today. The US cybersecurity effort over the past thirty years largely comes down to a series of modest, disjointed, incremental tactics. On the other hand, one significant rival, […]
Posted on February 23, 2023 at 8:57 am
The review (pasted below) is also available at AUTHOR Q&A: China’s spy balloons reflect a cyber warfare strategy America must counter https://www.lastwatchdog.com/ By Byron V. Acohido The attack surface of company networks is as expansive and porous as ever. Related: Preparing for ‘quantum’ hacks That being so, a new book, Fixing American Cybersecurity, could be a long […]
Posted on February 22, 2023 at 8:00 am
In a series of posts over the past couple weeks (LINKS), we have documented how China has been successfully carrying out a concerted and multi-faceted digital program designed to re-make the post-WWII world order and redirect it toward China. The Chinese campaign is well conceived, integrated, generously supported, and largely covert, which is consistent with […]
Posted on February 20, 2023 at 9:50 am
In recent posts, we have described how over the last 30 years China has smartly leveraged the vulnerabilities of the digital age to steal Western technology and, in so doing, leap-frog generations of R&D to become a world economic power. Not satisfied with their renaissance as an economic power, China leveraged massive government financial support […]
Posted on February 13, 2023 at 7:53 am
In our last post we documented how Huawei technology, thanks to massive cross-subsidization from the Chinese government, was succeeding in deploying its telecommunications network around the world. That is a story that is fairly well known in Washington policy circles. However, Huawei is by no means the only technology threat China poses though its comprehensive […]
Posted on February 10, 2023 at 10:00 am
China’s Digital Silk Road Strategy integrates technology, economics, and politics with the long-term goal of altering the post-World War II US- European world order. An assessment of China’s three wars strategy by the U.S. Department of Defense found that the CCP’s goals were to reclaim global status over the United States by weakening our alliances […]
Posted on February 8, 2023 at 9:05 am
Last week, Foreign Affairs magazine published an article written by CISA Director Jen Easterly and Asst. Director Eric Goldstein entitled “Why Companies Must Build Security into Products.” The central thesis of their article is we need a “new model” for cyber security because what we have been doing isn’t working. This is precisely the messaging […]
Posted on January 31, 2023 at 7:37 am
By Charlie Mitchell / January 31, 2023 CISA chief of staff Kiersten Todt provides the foreword to a new book on cybersecurity strategy by Internet Security Alliance leader Larry Clinton, saying a focus on economic incentives for industry cyber improvements is an essential part of a “a strong, actionable approach to industry/government collaboration.” “We need bold action […]