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How the Energy Department Can Improve Industry Cybersecurity
Practical steps include educating direct actors like electricians or IT professionals on basic cybersecurity priorities, concerns, and best practices.
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Sea Air Space Conference Wire: Acting SecNav Speaks
The final day of the trade show was highlighted by Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Harker.
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Sea-Air-Space Conference Wire: Emerging Tech
Tuesday at the Navy League trade show brought a focus on JADC2, drones, and more.
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A New Bill Seeks to Patch the Flaws in the Arms Export Control Act
The proposed legislation would help Congress regain a measure of sway over weapons sales.
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The US Needs a Department of Cybersecurity
As the saying goes, when everyone is in charge, no one is in charge.
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Hold the UAE Accountable for Meddling in US Politics
Letting the Emirates go unpunished sends the wrong signal to perpetrators of foreign influence operations.
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What China’s Vast New Cybersecurity Center Tells Us About Beijing’s Ambitions
The 15-square-mile campus in Wuhan will serve as school, research lab, incubator, and talent cultivator.
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Coerced Ethics Pledges Harm National Defense
There is a process for changing the law, and extortion of individual DOD nominees is not it.
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Launch Arms-Control Talks with China
Instead of saber-rattling, the Biden-Harris administration and leaders across the political spectrum should be putting the pressure on Beijing to come to the table.
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Promote Open Source to a Full Member of the Intelligence Community
The exploitation of publicly or commercially available information must be recognized alongside spies, signals intelligence, and other established branches of practice.
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The Automation Gap in Biden’s Cybersecurity Order
Network defense in the 21st century requires AI-powered penetration testing.
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Clarity on Afghanistan, Confusion on Iraq
Biden gave us clarity on Afghanistan and it’s time he does the same in Iraq.
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What the Afghanistan Withdrawal Means for Georgia’s NATO Dreams
The Caucasian nation is losing one of its best ways to demonstrate that it belongs in the Western alliance.
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How the Intelligence Community Can Get Better at Open Source Intel
Several factors make it harder to use publicly available information in all-source assessment than classified information.
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China’s Space Program Is More Military Than You Might Think
Proposals for U.S.-Chinese cooperation must proceed carefully.
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NATO Must Shore Up Control of a Key Maritime Chokepoint
Independence movements along the GIUK Gap could leave the alliance short of key bases and influence.
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Reduce the Pentagon’s Dependence on China by Recharging US Battery, Electronics Industry
Congress can take several steps in the 2022 authorization bill.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 85: Tech Summit, in review
From JADC2 to "tech debt," military officers and experts share their concerns about the future of national security tech policy.
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The US Desperately Needs a Civilian Cybersecurity Corps
Bipartisan legislation aims to augment the National Guard’s cyber reservists, but a wholly civilian component could be larger and more flexible.
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