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 […]
ISA NATIONAL DEFENSE CYBER THREAT REPORT: TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
Our Transportation Infrastructure is Already Compromised Endangering National Security The People’s Republic of China has forecast its intent to move against Taiwan as early as 2027. Such a move creates extensive strategic concerns for the United States, which could generate the need for a physical show of force. However, if, for example, the US decided […]
ISA NATIONAL DEFENSE CYBER THREAT REPORT: MANUFACTURING
Critical Manufacturing is now the most frequently attacked U.S. critical infrastructure sector, surpassing energy, financial services, and transportation. According to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), manufacturing plays a foundational role in national defense by supplying metals, machinery, electronic systems, and advanced materials essential to modern weapons platforms and critical industrial supply chains1. […]
ISA NATIONAL DEFENSE CYBER THREAT REPORT: HEALTHCARE
Government’s Motto for Cybersecurity needs to 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) and remains one of the least cybersecure. Academic reviews of cybersecurity policy have identified 49 separate regulations, standards, and guidelines applicable to healthcare […]
ISA NATIONAL DEFENSE CYBER THREAT REPORT: GOVERNMENT
Our government is not cyber-secure. Two weeks ago, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed it was suffering an ongoing hack perpetrated by Chinese state-backed agents. The attack potentially exposed CBO’s communications with lawmakers’ offices and access to cost estimates and analysis of legislation—information that could be of significant interest to foreign intelligence services tracking […]
ISA TO RELEASE REPORTS ON NATION-STATE ATTACKS ON PRIVATE INDUSTRY
In a speech at the 250th Marine Corps Birthday Ball earlier this week, Vice President JD Vance noted that technological change has fundamentally altered the nature of conflict between nation-states. “The battlefield has changed incredibly and profoundly. We’ve got technology that would have been inconceivable even when I was a kid — we’ve got cybersecurity, […]
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM EVENT HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO RETHINK CYBERSECURITY
I was honored this week to be asked to serve as a discussion leader at the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Councils and the Cybersecurity Conference in Dubai UAE. The three-day event was the first time the Forum has merged cybersecurity into the overall work of the Future Councils and represents the recognition of […]
ADVANCED TECH CAN HELP IMPROVE CYBER REGULATIONS NOW
Several reports this past weekend highlighted the Trump Administration’s plans to use AI to substantially reduce as many as 100,000 federal regulations. While the target date for that broader project points to 2026, and could face legal challenges, the OMB can already take substantial steps to use advanced technology to vastly improve cybersecurity regulations which […]
