LESSONS PRIVATE SECTOR CAN TEACH THE GOVERNMENT ON FIGHTING CYBERCRIME
Introduction by Larry Clinton As we have documented past blogs (LINK, LINK), we are fighting an uphill battle against increasingly sophisticated cybercriminals. In fact the new national strategy to secure cyber space essentially says that only the most sophisticated private companies have any hope of preventing cyber-attacks. This means we must increasingly rely on our […]
ONE WAY TO GET CYBERCRIMINALS TO FUND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Introduction by Larry Clinton As we explained in previous blogs (LINK), cybercrime is at an all-time high – and there are no signs that it is slowing down. Economic losses from cybercrime are estimated to be as much as $2 trillion annually—and increasing to as much as $10.5 trillion by 2025 – 10 trillion is […]
WHAT CAN PINK DO FOR CYBER?
Introduction by Larry Clinton I expect virtually everyone who might be reading this blog knows that October is Cybersecurity Awareness month. But I doubt the total number of people in the Unites States who know October is “our” month rises above five figures. Of course, awareness that we have a cyber security problem is virtually […]
TIME TO MODERNIZE THE MILITARY’S ROLE IN CYBER CRIME DEFENSE
The release of the Department of Defense’s (DOD) 2023 Cyber Strategy could not have come at a better time. The first DOD Cyber Strategy since 2018, it shows the DOD recognizes the scale of the cyberthreats facing our nation and are looking to build a forward-facing posture in our nation’s cyber defense. The digital age […]
POSSIBLE MARKET INCENTIVE PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE SECURITY BY DESIGN AND DEFAULT
Introduction by ISA President Larry Clinton Last week we discussed the foundational principles (LINK) and best practices (LINK) that can be followed to implement the Biden Administration’s Secure by Design and Default (SDD) proposal. In this third and final blog on SDD, we will dive into the most important part of any proposal: how to […]
HOW CORPORATE BOARDS LOOK AT ARTICIFIAL INTELLIGENCE AND CYBER SECURITY (Part II)?
AI is the new black, in two senses. First, AI is clearly the fashion of the day as AI week on/Capitol Hill has now turned into AI month and may well have an extended “season.” The other sense in which AI is the new black is that in many ways it is an ominous, and […]
HOW DO CORPORATE BOARDS LOOK AT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND CYBER SECURITY?
According to Politico it’s unofficial AI week on the Capitol Hill, as lawmakers in the House Oversight cyber subcommittee and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee are capping off their first few days back by asking federal agencies: what are you doing with AI? A key element of Congressional oversight, as it is […]
HOW TO DO SECURITY BY DESIGN AND DEFAULT – 10 BEST PRACTICES
In yesterday’s blog, (LINK) we highlighted the Biden Administration’s positive step towards rebalancing the economics of cybersecurity. By shifting the narrative away from “blaming the victim” of cyberattacks, we are moving in the right direction to creating a market economy of products with cybersecurity embedded in their very design. However, this won’t be easy. For […]
STOP BLAMING THE VICTIM: 7 PRINCIPLES SECURE BY DESIGN & DEFAULT
Introduction by ISA President Larry Clinton The reality is that we are losing the fight to sustainably secure our cyber networks – and losing badly. This means we need to change the way we have been approaching the issue. That begins by stopping the blame game focusing on the victims of cyber-attack and beginning to […]
THE VIRTUAL CYBERSECURITY ACADEMY—FREE CYBERSECURITY FOR THE GOVERNMENT!
You read that right. By creating a national virtual cybersecurity academy we would fill the current 35,000 federal cybersecurity workforce gap in 4 years thus measurably enhancing our country’s security. Moreover, because academy graduates would replace the current independent contractors the government is hiring while receiving salaries equivalent to that of graduates of the traditional […]
