Ideas
Four Ways to Automate Cyber Defense
Humans aren’t fast enough to respond to network attacks and breaches. Machines can help us, if we help them.
Science & Tech
VA's Patchwork System Eats Most of its $4B Tech Budget. Congress Wants That to Stop.
The agency’s CIO says there’s no clear plan for replacing custom-built systems, two of which are more than 50 years old.
Threats
Elections Systems Are Critical Infrastructure, DHS Chief Affirms
Initially dubious, John Kelly now says he concurs with the Obama administration's approach.
Science & Tech
The US Does An About-Face on New Cyber Norms
The US delegate now says a UN cybersecurity group should pause hashing out new rules for online behavior and instead try to get governments to adhere to the ones we have.
Ideas
'You’re Fired!' Will Not Fix Federal Cybersecurity
Sacking agency heads after a breach won’t make data and systems safer. Here’s what will.
Threats
Cyber Commission Remains Bullish Trump Team Will Take Some Recommendations
The cyber review, ordered by Obama, may have a future under the new president, even if Obama doesn't get credit.
Defense Systems
Air Force pursues advanced 'deceptive' cybersecurity tactics
The service is working with industry to prototype and advance cybersecurity techniques built on the old “honey pot” approach for attracting attackers.
Science & Tech
The Knowns and Unknowns of Trump’s Cyber Plan
Questions surround how the new president will tackle cybersecurity.
Threats
We Have 'Very Robust Defenses': An Exit Interview with Obama's Top Cyber Official
Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael Daniel defended the White House's legacy, pointing to new policies and cyber détente with China.
Threats
Defense Secretary Nominee Cautions Against ‘Stumbling’ into Cyberwar
James Mattis also said he was “philosophically OK” with elevating U.S. Cyber Command into a unified command.
Threats
Trump’s Cyber-Appeasement Policy Might Encourage More Hacks
Casting doubt on security experts’ ability to identify the culprits behind cyberattacks could make it hard to deter the next one.
Policy
Intelligence Chief Sets High Expectations For Next Week’s Hacking Report
James Clapper promises more details of Russian influence operations aimed at U.S. election.
Threats
The Key to Putin’s Cyber Power
The Russian president has both the capability and the intent to cause harm, says a former U.S. ambassador to Russia. And the threat won’t vanish once Donald Trump takes office.
Ideas
America’s Cyber Security Dilemma — and A Way Out
The network era has changed the rules of arms buildups.
Ideas
What the US Should Learn from Israel’s Silicon Valley
The world’s hottest cybersecurity market is powered by a unique collaboration of government, industry, finance and academia.
Threats
How to Make Donald Trump’s Phone Safe
The man who led the effort to let President Obama keep his BlackBerry says the best solution for Trump might be multiple devices.
Science & Tech
Are We In a New Era of Espionage?
One scholar compares it to the early Atomic Age, when members of Congress struggled to understand how nuclear weapons were changing diplomacy and war.
Science & Tech
The Invisible Costs of Cyber Weapons
For kinetic weapons like tanks, production costs generally outweigh research and development. For cyber weapons, R&D is almost everything.
Threats