The next pandemic may be cyber — How Biden administration can stop it
The next seismic event we face as a country may be a cyber pandemic. Funded by a foreign government, led by a terror organization, or carried out by a lone wolf with a laptop and a bit of skill, a...
View ArticleA lofty but critical cybersecurity dream that must turn into reality
In the name of national security and our economic future, it is time for the House and Senate to establish dedicated cybersecurity committees. With the Solar Winds hack, digital battles with actors...
View ArticleHow to stop handing our cybersecurity keys to hackers
On Wednesday, I return to Capitol Hill, at least virtually, to testify in front of Congress, this time in front of the House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security. The committee is holding...
View ArticleWe need a hot start on cybersecurity
The Biden administration is blessed with a number of advantages in cybersecurity: a deep pool of talent, new authorities and money for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), wide...
View ArticleRussia's hack was bad — but if we don't act fast, it will get much...
“Houston, we have a problem.”The massive hack of our nation’s government and industry by the Russians, revealed late last year but still being investigated and corrected, reminds us of those famous...
View ArticleA strong offense can decrease cyberattacks on critical infrastructure
After years of malicious cyber activity targeting U.S. critical infrastructure, hackers linked to Russia recently infiltrated numerous American companies and federal government agencies, including the...
View ArticleWhy America would not survive a real first strike cyberattack today
If a full on “turn the lights off” cyber war were to happen today, we would lose. Think about that. We would lose a cyber war. With a few clicks of the mouse, and in just a few seconds, hackers in...
View ArticleCybersecurity and your water: Hacker attempted to poison Florida city's...
An unknown hacker remotely accessed the chemical controls of a water treatment plant in the City of Oldsmar, near Tampa, Fla., earlier this month. This breach is a reminder that the country’s water...
View ArticleCan anyone keep hackers out? Nope, and that's not a problem
As cyber investigators continue to examine the SolarWinds attack, a more complicated picture of what actually happened has begun to emerge. The Acting Director of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and...
View ArticleWhat can the US learn from our allies on protecting critical infrastructure?
As the Senate Intelligence Committee and the White House begin to publicly address the SolarWinds compromise, it is essential to think about how to improve cyber defense and resilience of critical...
View ArticleCongress's latest hacking investigation should model its most recent
On April 30, 2015 the Office of Personnel Management briefed Congress on a major incident involving the cyber theft of what would later be called the “crown jewels” — the highly personal information on...
View ArticleWhy embedded devices are the dangerous blind spot in the SolarWinds attack
The more we learn about the SolarWinds attack the more questions there are. The latest revelation is that nearly one-third of the known victims linked to the campaign were not breached via SolarWinds...
View ArticleThe US must adopt Software Bill of Materials to thwart cyberattacks
On Feb. 17, a remarkable White House press briefing addressed possible executive action in the wake of the SolarWinds hack, the most systematic hack of the U.S. government in history. Anne Neuberger,...
View ArticleCybersecurity is more critical than Biden's rescue plan
President Biden should be applauded for acknowledging that Russia’s on-going cyberattacks require decisive action. Indeed, the long-term effects of such attacks would cause more harm than the economic...
View ArticleThe cybersecurity problem we should really worry about
The White House is reportedly about to sanction Russia for a recently discovered campaign of cyber espionage that has rocked the national security world. Just as the Biden-Harris administration is...
View ArticleBusinesses and governments must face hard facts and cooperate to deal with...
When the chips are down, we find that governments, businesses, communities and individuals all depend upon each other. We need look no further than our collective successes and failures in managing the...
View ArticleWe need systemic mobile IT security
While the cyber security landscape in 2020 was undeniably shaped by the COVID pandemic and widespread fears that disinformation could delegitimize a democratic election, the first quarter of 2021 was...
View ArticleTo defend democracy, we must protect truth online
In his inaugural address, President Biden called on the country to “reject a culture in which facts themselves are manipulated and even manufactured.” We have every reason to believe the troubling...
View ArticleCongress needs to help modernize our digital infrastructure
President Biden’s proposed infrastructure package does not address one key area: our nation’s digital infrastructure. Virtually everything we do in our daily lives is enabled by the technologies that...
View ArticleExpanding the role of the National Guard for effective cybersecurity
The recent Russian “SolarWinds” cyberattacks on supply chains and the Chinese “Hafnium” cyberattacks on Microsoft servers underscore the high degree of vulnerability that inadequately protected...
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