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Drones and the US Air Force

Posted on By infossl
defense, Department of Defense, drones, economics of security, Security technology, Uncategorized, war

Fascinating analysis of the use of drones on a modern battlefield—that is, Ukraine—and the inability of the US Air Force to react to this change. The F-35A certainly remains an important platform for high-intensity conventional warfare. But the Air Force is planning to buy 1,763 of the aircraft, which will remain in service through the … Read More “Drones and the US Air Force” »

Cyberwar Lessons from the War in Ukraine

Posted on By infossl
cyberattack, cyberwar, defense, infrastructure, reports, russia, Security technology, ukraine, Uncategorized

The Aspen Institute has published a good analysis of the successes, failures, and absences of cyberattacks as part of the current war in Ukraine: “The Cyber Defense Assistance Imperative ­ Lessons from Ukraine.” Its conclusion: Cyber defense assistance in Ukraine is working. The Ukrainian government and Ukrainian critical infrastructure organizations have better defended themselves and … Read More “Cyberwar Lessons from the War in Ukraine” »

US Critical Infrastructure Companies Will Have to Report When They Are Hacked

Posted on By infossl
cyberattack, cyberespionage, cybersecurity, defense, espionage, hacking, infrastructure, laws, ransomware, Security technology, Uncategorized

This will be law soon: Companies critical to U.S. national interests will now have to report when they’re hacked or they pay ransomware, according to new rules approved by Congress. […] The reporting requirement legislation was approved by the House and the Senate on Thursday and is expected to be signed into law by President … Read More “US Critical Infrastructure Companies Will Have to Report When They Are Hacked” »

Examining the US Cyber Budget

Posted on By infossl
cyberattack, cybersecurity, defense, homelandsecurity, nationalsecuritypolicy, Security technology

Jason Healey takes a detailed look at the US federal cybersecurity budget and reaches an important conclusion: the US keeps saying that we need to prioritize defense, but in fact we prioritize attack. To its credit, this budget does reveal an overall growth in cybersecurity funding of about 5 percent above the fiscal 2019 estimate. … Read More “Examining the US Cyber Budget” »

The US National Cyber Strategy

Posted on By infossl
cybersecurity, defense, nationalsecuritypolicy, Security technology, securitypolicies

Last month, the White House released the “National Cyber Strategy of the United States of America. I generally don’t have much to say about these sorts of documents. They’re filled with broad generalities. Who can argue with: Defend the homeland by protecting networks, systems, functions, and data; Promote American prosperity by nurturing a secure, thriving … Read More “The US National Cyber Strategy” »

Attack vs. Defense in Nation-State Cyber Operations

Posted on By infossl
academicpapers, cyberattack, cyberwar, defense, nationalsecuritypolicy, Security technology, vulnerabilities

I regularly say that, on the Internet, attack is easier than defense. There are a bunch of reasons for this, but primarily it’s 1) the complexity of modern networked computer systems and 2) the attacker’s ability to choose the time and method of the attack versus the defender’s necessity to secure against every type of … Read More “Attack vs. Defense in Nation-State Cyber Operations” »

Botnets

Posted on By infossl
botnets, defense, denialofservice, hacking, internetofthings, Security technology

Botnets have existed for at least a decade. As early as 2000, hackers were breaking into computers over the Internet and controlling them en masse from centralized systems. Among other things, the hackers used the combined computing power of these botnets to launch distributed denial-of-service attacks, which flood websites with traffic to take them down. … Read More “Botnets” »