Analysis of Firsthand Experiences of the World’s Most Renowned Cybersecurity Forensics Teams Pinpoints Exploitation of Privileged Accounts as a “Signature” in Targeted Attacks. A new report was just released, identifying the compromise and misuse of … [Read more...] about Advanced Targeted Cyber Attacks – Identifying New Patterns
U.S. Policy
The Growing Russian Menace*
It is not a return of the Cold War – but, in a sense, it may be even more dangerous. For more than four decades, the U.S. and its allies wrestled with a formidable enemy, one armed to the teeth, from nuclear weapons and delivery systems to the best … [Read more...] about The Growing Russian Menace*
Egypt Protects Israel’s Flank*
Various regional developments are proceeding almost unnoticed, among them President al-Sisi's isolation of Gaza. As usual, truly important developments are obscured by the daily crush of events. Horrific crimes in Jerusalem and the … [Read more...] about Egypt Protects Israel’s Flank*
Words, Words, Words…*
It used to be a joke among those of us student étrangers in Paris struggling with learning the French language and something about the French culture, a joke half seriously made, that it mattered less what you said in française as to how you said … [Read more...] about Words, Words, Words…*
Samidoun – the Latest Palestinian “human rights” Ploy
The latest ploy in the Palestinian efforts to whitewash terrorism is the launching of the new Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, Samidoun (صامدون, in English ‘steadfast’), “a network of organizers and activists, based in North America, working … [Read more...] about Samidoun – the Latest Palestinian “human rights” Ploy
The Islamic State: Another Angle of the Threat*
The struggle against the Islamic State (IS) organization led by the United States and its allies appears thus far to be something of a Sisyphean war: ineffective, limited to scratches on the surface of the Jihadi pyramid, beyond the roots of the … [Read more...] about The Islamic State: Another Angle of the Threat*
Israel’s Nuclear Weapons, 2014*
Abstract Although the Israeli government neither confirms nor denies that it possesses nuclear weapons, it is generally accepted by friend and foe alike that Israel is a nuclear-armed state—and has been so for nearly half a century. The basis for … [Read more...] about Israel’s Nuclear Weapons, 2014*
Weekly Briefing, November 2-8, 2014
Transportation Terrorism – Part I - Rachel Ehrenfeld - The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood that the enemy’s not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing, November 2-8, 2014
Jihadist Incitement in America
Samuel Huntington predicted the growing cultural and religious conflicts that we are witnessing daily. His dubiousness regarding the ability of the West to understand those challenges and reluctance to meet them has been disturbingly accurate. A … [Read more...] about Jihadist Incitement in America
But Will the Senate “Deliberate”?
Americans like to believe as a culture they excel at detail. It’s not true. The Japanese, the Germans, and sometimes the French, may well do so. But the American forte is to reduce the complexity of big ideas – whether in politics or industry – and … [Read more...] about But Will the Senate “Deliberate”?